High mortality rate for patients requiring intensive care after surgical revision following bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Kermarrec, Nathalie ^a   Marmuse, Jean Pierre ^a   Faivre, Judith ^a   Lasocki, Sigismond ^a   Mognol, Philippe ^a   Chosidow, Denis ^a   Muller, Claudette ^a   Desmonts, Jean Marie ^a   Montravers, Philippe ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Intensive care unit; Obesity; Postoperative peritonitis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; REOPERATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 39149116999     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9301-1     Document Type: Article

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