Nutritional Status and Nosocomial Infections among Adult Elective Surgery Patients in a Mexican Tertiary Care Hospital

BACKGROUND: Controversy exists as to whether obesity constitutes a risk-factor or a protective-factor for the development of nosocomial Infection (NI). According to the obesity-paradox, there is evidence that moderate obesity is a protective-factor. In Mexico few studies have focused on the nutritio...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Rodríguez-García, Judith, Gamiño-Iriarte, Astrid, Rodea-Montero, Edel Rafael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372354/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25803860
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118980
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