Influence of obesity on clinical outcomes in hospitalized children

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 476-482

  Bechard, Lori J ^a,c   Rothpletz Puglia, Pamela ^c   Touger Decker, Riva ^c   Duggan, Christopher ^a,b   Mehta, Nilesh M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877660571     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.13     Document Type: Review

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