Impact of Obesity in the Critically Ill Trauma Patient: A Prospective Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-538

  Bochicchio, Grant V ^a   Joshi, Manjari ^a   Bochicchio, Kelly ^a   Nehman, Shelly ^a   Tracy, J Kathleen ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33748766846     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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