The obesity paradox in surgical intensive care unit patients

Robert Hutagalung,Juliana Marques,Kathrin Kobylka,Mohamed Zeidan,Björn Kabisch,Frank M. Brunkhorst,Konrad Reinhart,Yasser Sakr

The obesity paradox in surgical intensive care unit patients

2011

Robert Hutagalung
Juliana Marques
Kathrin Kobylka
Mohamed Zeidan
Björn Kabisch
Frank M. Brunkhorst
Konrad Reinhart
Yasser Sakr

Purpose To investigate the possible impact of obesity, as assessed by body mass index (BMI), on outcome in surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

Keywords:

Surgical Intensive Care
Obesity
Intensive care medicine
Obesity paradox
Body mass index
Perioperative
Medicine
Anesthesiology
pain medicine
surgical intensive care unit

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