Early mortality rate of morbidly obese patients after tracheotomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2125-2128

  Darrat, Ilaaf ^a   Yaremchuk, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Case mix index; Morbid obesity; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; LUNG INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; RISK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149355478     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181847a78     Document Type: Article

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