Impact of body weight on critically ill patients: A heavy load!!

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1964-1965

  Esteban, Andres ^a   Frutos Vivar, Fernando ^a   Anzueto, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; SEPSIS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OBESITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 54449096633     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1244-z     Document Type: Editorial

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