The body mass index as a prognostic factor of critical care

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-167

  Lim, So Yeon ^a   Kim, So I ^a   Ryu, Yon Ju ^a   Lee, Jin Hwa ^a   Chun, Eun Mi ^a   Chang, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BMI; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINNESS;

EID: 77954513681     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2010.25.2.162     Document Type: Article

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