Obesity - a risk factor for postoperative complications in general surgery?

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tjeertes, Elke E K M ^a   Hoeks, Sanne S E ^a   Beks, Sabine S B J C ^b   Valentijn, Tabita T M ^a   Hoofwijk, Anton A G M ^b   Stolker, Robert Jan R J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General surgery; Long term survival; Obesity; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; UNDERWEIGHT; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL; THINNESS;

EID: 84938084132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-015-0096-7     Document Type: Article

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