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The Obesity Paradox in the Trauma Patient: Normal May not Be Better

OBJECTIVE: The obesity paradox is the association of increased survival for overweight and obese patients compared to normal and underweight patients, despite an increased risk of morbidity. The obesity paradox has been demonstrated in many disease states but has yet to be studied in trauma. The obj...

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Autores principales: Dvorak, J. E., Lester, E. L. W., Maluso, P. J., Tatebe, L., Schlanser, V., Kaminsky, M., Messer, T., Dennis, A. J., Starr, F., Bokhari, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7222933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32006135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05398-1