Obesity Increases Risk‐Adjusted Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost Following Cardiac Surgery

BACKGROUND: Despite the epidemic rise in obesity, few studies have evaluated the effect of obesity on cost following cardiac surgery. We hypothesized that increasing body mass index (BMI) is associated with worse risk‐adjusted outcomes and higher cost. METHODS AND RESULTS: Medical records for 13 637...

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Autores principales: Ghanta, Ravi K., LaPar, Damien J., Zhang, Qianzi, Devarkonda, Vishal, Isbell, James M., Yarboro, Leora T., Kern, John A., Kron, Irving L., Speir, Alan M., Fonner, Clifford E., Ailawadi, Gorav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28275064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003831

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