Article
Influence of body mass index on SAPS3 prognostic performance in critically ill patients from Brazil
2020-05-05
Abstract excerpt
Obesity has emerged as a significant global health problem, and its association with increased morbidity and mortality is well established. An obesity paradox has been extensively documented in the critically ill, appearing as a protective factor. Whether body mass index (BMI) impacts critical care severity scores has not been extensively studied previously, particularly in developing countries. This study aimed t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ad670764-2dc4-57d3-860a-23c64a58e139
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.04.30.20086058
