Cardiovascular considerations in critically ill obese patients

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-605

  Craft, Mitchell K ^a   Reed, Mary Jane ^b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Heart failure; Obesity; Obesity cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 77958083025     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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