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The obesity paradox in critically ill patients: a causal learning approach to a casual finding

BACKGROUND: While obesity confers an increased risk of death in the general population, numerous studies have reported an association between obesity and improved survival among critically ill patients. This contrary finding has been referred to as the obesity paradox. In this retrospective study, t...

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Autores principales: Decruyenaere, Alexander, Steen, Johan, Colpaert, Kirsten, Benoit, Dominique D., Decruyenaere, Johan, Vansteelandt, Stijn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7405433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32758295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03199-5