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Severe Obesity and Prolonged Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation in Elderly Vascular Surgery Patients
BACKGROUND: Severe obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg/m(2) is increasingly prevalent in elderly surgical patients. Although older age is associated with prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation (PPMV), the contribution of obesity to this complication in the elderly has not been...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elmer Press
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36258842 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr4804 |