Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5886063 Journal of Critical Care 2014 18 Pages PDF
Abstract
The “obesity paradox” may exist in patients with surgical peritonitis. Short-term but not long-term outcomes were improved in the obese. Concerns about obesity as a special risk factor in patients with peritonitis are not warranted according to our findings.
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The obesity paradox in surgical intensive care patients with peritonitis
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