Not All Critically Ill Obese Patients Are the Same: The Influence of Prior Comorbidities
Purpose. Data suggest that obesity in critical illness is associated with improved outcomes. We postulate that these findings may be influenced by preillness comorbidities. We sought to determine if critically ill obese patients without significant comorbidity had improved mortality compared to obe...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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International Scholarly Research Network
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914281/ |