The impact of body mass index on the physiology of patients with polytrauma

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 722-726

  Mica, Ladislav ^a   Keel, Marius ^b   Trentz, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BMI; Goris score; Marshall score; Murray score; Polytrauma; SOFA score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84870672910     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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