Morbid obesity impacts mortality in blunt trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1122-1125

  Christmas, A Britton ^a,b   Reynolds, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Ashley K ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Miller, Frank B ^a   Richardson, J David ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; ORGAN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 38449090609     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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