Obesity is associated with increased morbidity but not mortality in critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1999-2009

  Sakr, Yasser ^a   Madl, Christian ^b   Filipescu, Daniela ^c   Moreno, Rui ^d   Groeneveld, Johan ^e   Artigas, Antonio ^f   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^g  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Cardiovascular Diseases Institute   (Romania)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^g ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Intensive care; Multicentre; Nosocomial infection; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY;

EID: 54449093482     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1243-0     Document Type: Article

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