Morbid obesity predisposes trauma patients to worse outcomes: A National Trauma Data Bank analysis

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-179

  Ditillo, Michael ^b   Pandit, Viraj ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Aziz, Hassan ^a   Hadeed, Steven ^a   Bhattacharya, Bishwajit ^b   Friese, Randall S ^a   Davis, Kimberly ^b   Joseph, Bellal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes in obese patients; Mortality in obese patients; Obesity; Obesity and trauma; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84892187403     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182ab0d7c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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