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Diagnostic challenge: A pediatric patient with severe obesity and complications of imminent death

BACKGROUND: A 15-year-old patient suffering from severe obesity (400 pounds, BMI 71.6 kg/m(2)) with a clinical phenotype suggestive of syndromic obesity was hospitalized for severe heart failure and cardiogenic shock. The hospital admission prompted a palliative care and heart transplant consultatio...

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Autor principal: Srivastava, Gitanjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10661896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37990678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obpill.2023.100077