Too Fat or Too Thin? Body Habitus Assessment in Children Listed for Heart Transplant and Impact on Outcome

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-513

  Kaufman, Beth D ^a   Nagle, Monica L ^a   Levine, Selena R ^a   Vijaynathan, Nirmala ^a   Hanna, Brian D ^a   Paridon, Stephen ^a   Ravishankar, Chitra ^a   Chrisant, Maryanne K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HABITUS ASSESSMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 42949166708     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.01.026     Document Type: Article

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