Critical illness in the obese patient

Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Chang, Steven Y ^a   Kress, John P ^b   Hall, Jesse B ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIDAL VOLUME; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 47749146204     PISSN: 1573398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339808784222605     Document Type: Review

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