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Higher body mass index is associated with paradoxical effects on complications and mortality after emergency abdominal operations.
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Should not yet alter risk models; leaves open validation of BMI's paradoxical effects in emergency surgery.
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Dilektaşlı et al. (2015) studied this question. Higher body mass index is associated with paradoxical effects on complications and mortality after emergency abdominal operations.
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