Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Survival Among Critically Ill Patients With Cirrhosis

Chansong Choi,Ryan J. Lennon,Dae Hee Choi,Laura Piccolo Serafim,Alina M. Allen,Patrick S. Kamath,Vijay H. Shah,Alice Gallo de Moraes,Douglas A. Simonetto

Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Survival Among Critically Ill Patients With Cirrhosis

2021

Chansong Choi
Ryan J. Lennon
Dae Hee Choi
Laura Piccolo Serafim
Alina M. Allen
Patrick S. Kamath
Vijay H. Shah
Alice Gallo de Moraes
Douglas A. Simonetto

Background:Obesity paradox is a phenomenon in which obesity increases the risk of obesity-related chronic diseases but paradoxically is associated with improved survival among obese patients with t...

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Body mass index
improved survival
Severity of illness
Obesity paradox
Cirrhosis
Intensive care medicine
critically ill
Medicine
Obesity
Intensive care unit

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