Obesity is associated with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a cohort study

Abstract Background The purpose of present study was to determine whether obesity was associated with increased adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study from a large international database called the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-I...

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Main Authors: Xiaofeng Jiang, Jianbo Xu, Shuai Zhen, Yanhong Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01966-1