Separating wheat from chaff: Examining the obesity paradox in the critically ill

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Rattan, Rishi ^a   Nasraway, Stanley A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC SHOCK; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

AUTACOID;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; OBESITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84880754559     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12798     Document Type: Note

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