Obesity and early complications after cardiac surgery

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 350-354

  Yap, Cheng Hon ^a   Mohajeri, Morteza ^b   Yii, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34147144129     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00935.x     Document Type: Article

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