The association between body mass index, processes of care, and outcomes from mechanical ventilation: A prospective cohort study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1456-1463

  O'Brien Jr , James M ^a   Philips, Gary S ^b   Ali, Naeem A ^a   Aberegg, Scott K ^c   Marsh, Clay B ^a   Lemeshow, Stanley ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; mechanical ventilation; obesity; outcomes; overweight; processes of care

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYING; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIDAL VOLUME;

BODY MASS INDEX; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84860256759     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31823e9a80     Document Type: Article

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