- ►annals.org [PDF] JM O'Brien Jr, CH Welsh, RH Fish, M … - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Despite an epidemic of obesity among adults, the effect of excess
body weight on outcome from critical illness is not well studied. Objective: To
examine the association between excess body weight and outcome in ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - All 6 versions
A Aldawood, Y Arabi, O Dabbagh - Anaesthesia and intensive care, 2006 - cat.inist.fr The impact of obesity on critical care outcomes has been an issue for debate in
the literature. Variable data and conflicting results have been reported. The
purpose of our study is to examine the impact of obesity on the outcome of ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►critcaremed.com SL Peake, JL Moran, DR Ghelani, AJ Lloyd, … - Critical care medicine, 2006 - journals.lww.com In the critically ill population, obesity is also presumed to be associated with
a poor outcome (6); factors such as im- paired lung function (7), airway
difficul- ties (8), increased cardiac stroke work (9), and an increased ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
- ►chestpubs.org AE Morris, RD Stapleton, GD Rubenfeld, LD … - Chest, 2007 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Results: There was no mortality difference in any of the abnormal BMI groups
compared to normal-weight patients. Severely obese patients had longer hospital
LOS than normal-weight patients (mean increase, 10.5 days; 95% confidence ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►chestpubs.org C Goulenok, M Monchi, JD Chiche, JP Mira, … - Chest, 2004 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Methods: All patients hospitalized in the ICU over a 1-year period were included
except those dying or being discharged from the hospital within 24 h of
admission. Overweight patients were defined as those having a BMI > 75th ... Cited by 118 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
CVR Brown, AL Neville, P Rhee, A Salim, GC … - The Journal of Trauma, 2005 - journals.lww.com Background: Several small series have had mixed conclusions regarding the impact
of obesity on outcomes of trauma patients. The purpose of the present study was
to evaluate a large cohort of critically injured patients to better ... Cited by 69 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►chestpubs.org [PDF] ME Akinnusi, LA Pineda, AA El Solh - Chest Meeting Abstracts, 2007 - meeting.chestpubs.org CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS-INDUCED VASODILATORY HYPOTENSION: PREDICTORS AND
TREATMENT WITH AR- GININE VASOPRESSIN Keith B. Allen MD, FACS* Michael Borkon MD
Scott Stuart MD Emmanuel Daon MD Alexander Pak MD George Zorn MD Mid ... Cited by 57 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 15 versions
- ►chestpubs.org A El-Solh, P Sikka, E Bozkanat, W Jaafar, J … - Chest, 2001 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Results: Obstructive airway disease, pneumonia, and sepsis were the main reasons
for admission to the ICU in the morbidly obese group. Sixty-one percent of the
morbidly obese patients and 46% of the nonobese group required mechanical ... Cited by 185 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
DJ Ciesla, EE Moore, JL Johnson, JM Burch, … - Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2006 - Elsevier Obesity is an independent risk factor for a variety of diseases, including
postinjury morbidity and mortality. Obesity is associated with a proinflammatory
state that could affect the postinjury inflammatory response and increase ... Cited by 61 - Related articles - All 17 versions
