Impact of obesity on outcomes for patients hospitalised with pneumonia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 929-934

  King, Phoebe ^a   Mortensen, Eric M ^a,b,e   Bollinger, Mary ^b   Restrepo, Marcos I ^a,b   Copeland, Laurel A ^c   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^b,d   Nakashima, Brandy ^a   Anzueto, Antonio ^a,b   Noël, Polly Hitchcock ^b,d  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84875862879     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00185211     Document Type: Article

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