Predictive value of abdominal obesity vs. body mass index for determining risk of intensive care unit mortality

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1308-1314

  Paolini, Jean Baptiste M ^a   Mancini, Julien ^b,c,d   Genestal, Michèle ^a   Gonzalez, Hélène ^a   McKay, Rachel Eshima ^d   Samii, Kamran ^a   Fourcade, Olivier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Body fat distribution; Critical care; Mortality; Obesity; Sagittal abdominal diameter

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77951623548     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181d8cd8b     Document Type: Article

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