Body mass index is associated with hospital mortality in Critically III patients: An observational cohort study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1878-1883

  Pickkers, Peter ^a   De Keizer, Nicolette ^b,c   Dusseljee, Joost ^b   Weerheijm, Daan ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Johannes G ^a   Peek, Niels ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Intensive care; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; THINNESS;

EID: 84880948501     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a2aa1     Document Type: Article

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