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The impact of obesity on severity of solid organ injury in the adult population at a Level I trauma center

BACKGROUND: The obese (body mass index, BMI > 30) have been identified as a subgroup of patients in regards to traumatic injuries. A recent study found that high-grade hepatic injuries were more common in obese than non-obese pediatric patients. This study seeks to evaluate whether similar differ...

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Autores principales: Chen, Allen K, Jeffcoach, David, Stivers, John C, McCullough, Kyle A, Dirks, Rachel C, Boehnke, Ryland J, Sue, Lawrence, Kwok, Amy M, Wolfe, Mary M, Davis, James W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6660801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31392278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2019-000318