Being overweight or obese is associated with decreased mortality in critically ill patients: A retrospective analysis of a large regional Italian multicenter cohort

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 714-721

  Sakr, Yasser ^a   Elia, Cristina ^b   Mascia, Luciana ^b   Barberis, Bruno ^c   Cardellino, Silvano ^d   Livigni, Sergio ^e   Fiore, Gilberto ^f   Filippini, Claudia ^b   Ranieri, V Marco ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^e S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Critically ill patients; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84870667066     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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