The paradoxical effect of obesity on outcome in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1251-1253

  Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 33645820255     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000209142.99742.0B     Document Type: Editorial

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