Obesity does not affect mortality after trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 966-969

  Alban, Rodrigo F ^a   Lyass, Sergey ^a   Margulies, Daniel R ^a,b   Shabot, M Michael ^a,b,c  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APACHE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APACHE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; LUNG DISEASES; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33750732965     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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