Obesity associated with increased postoperative pulmonary complications and mortality after trauma laparotomy

BACKGROUND: Patient-related risk factors for the development of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) include age ≥ 60-years, congestive heart failure, hypoalbuminemia and smoking. The effect of obesity is unclear and has not been shown to independently increase the likelihood of PPCs in trau...

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Published in:Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
Main Authors: Covarrubias, Jose, Grigorian, Areg, Schubl, Sebastian, Gambhir, Sahil, Dolich, Matthew, Lekawa, Michael, Nguyen, Ninh, Nahmias, Jeffry
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7222077/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32088754
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01329-w
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