The relationship between body mass index and postoperative mortality from critical illness

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 501-507

  Pieracci, Fredric M ^a,b   Hydo, Lynn ^a   Pomp, Alfons ^a   Eachempati, Soumitra R ^a   Shou, Jian ^a   Barie, Philip S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Critical illness; Morbid obesity; Mortality; Obesity; Outcomes research; Surgical intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ROC CURVE;

EID: 43049097500     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9395-5     Document Type: Article

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