Increased body mass index and adjusted mortality in ICU patients with sepsis or septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: At least 25 % of adults admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in the United States have an overweight, obese or morbidly obese body mass index (BMI). The effect of BMI on adjusted mortality in adults requiring ICU treatment for sepsis is unclear. We performed a systematic review of adju...

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Autores principales: Pepper, Dominique J., Sun, Junfeng, Welsh, Judith, Cui, Xizhong, Suffredini, Anthony F., Eichacker, Peter Q.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1360-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1360-z

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