The impact of body mass index on treatment outcomes among traumatic brain injury patients in intensive care units

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-55

  Chabok, S Y ^a   Yazdanshenas, H ^b   Naeeni, A F ^a   Ziabakhsh, A ^a   Bidar, S S ^c   Reihanian, A ^a   Bazargan Hejazi, S ^b,d  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hospital length of stay; ICU; ICU length of stay; Mortality; Obesity; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893761151     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-013-0314-2     Document Type: Article

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