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The obesity paradox and acute kidney injury: beneficial effects of hyper-inflammation?

In the general population, obesity is associated with an increased mortality risk, whereas several epidemiological studies demonstrated a protective effect of obesity in critically ill patients. In this context, Sleeman and colleagues investigated the effects of obesity on kidney function in a well-...

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Autores principales: Hafner, Sebastian, Hillenbrand, Andreas, Knippschild, Uwe, Radermacher, Peter
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/PMC4059416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24326122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13152