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Obese patients who fall have less injury severity but a longer hospital stay than normal-weight patients
BACKGROUND: The effects of obesity on injury severity and outcome have been studied in trauma patients but not in those who have experienced a fall. The aim of this study was to compare injury patterns, injury severities, mortality rates, and in-hospital or intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-015-0059-9 |