Why the study?
Does extreme obesity increase mortality in critically ill surgical patients?
Population
1,373 critically ill surgical patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit from January 1998 to March…
Comparison
Extreme obesity vs Other body mass index classes
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Hospitalization
Authors
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Extreme obesity was associated with higher mortality in prolonged surgical ICU stays; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does extreme obesity increase mortality in critically ill surgical patients?
Morbid obesity is an independent risk factor for death in surgical patients requiring prolonged intensive care, increasing the odds of death by 7.4 times.
Nasraway et al. (2006) studied this question.
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