Underweight is independently associated with mortality in post-operative and non-operative patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Low and high body mass index (BMI) have been recently shown to be associated with increased and decreased mortality after ICU admission, respectively. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of BMI on mortality and le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/4/3 |