Obesity in critically ill patients is associated with increased need of mechanical ventilation but not with mortality

• Main Authors: Sascha Tafelski (Author), Hailong Yi (Author), Fakher Ismaeel (Author), Alexander Krannich (Author), Claudia Spies (Author), Irit Nachtigall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Worldwide incidence of obesity is increasing and impaired outcome in postoperative patients has been described. Antibiotic prescribing is complicated by different pharmacology in this population. This study evaluates mortality and morbidity of obese postoperative patients and explores possi...