Mortality and prognostic indexes in obese patients admitted to the intensive care unit;Mortalidad e índices pronósticos en pacientes obesos que ingresan en la UCI

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 162-166

  Rivera Fernandez R ^a   Diaz Contreras R ^a   Chavero Magro, M J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DEL PUERTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 33745088655     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(06)74497-7     Document Type: Article

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