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The obesity paradox in the ICU: real or not?

The obesity paradox has been used to describe the observed phenomenon described by several studies that indicated improved survival for critically ill patients with mild to moderate obesity when compared with their lean counterparts. The study by Arabi and coworkers challenges the obesity paradox co...

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Autor principal: Dickerson, Roland N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23758984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12715