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The Body Mass Index as a Prognostic Factor of Critical Care

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Obesity is a worldwide concern, but its influence on critical care outcomes is not well understood. We tested the hypothesis that abnormal body mass index (BMI) would be an independent predictor of higher mortality rates in intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: We retrospectively revi...

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Autores principales: Lim, So Yeon, Kim, So I, Ryu, Yon Ju, Lee, Jin Hwa, Chun, Eun Mi, Chang, Jung Hyun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2880689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20526389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2010.25.2.162