Effects of Body Mass Index on Outcome Measures of the Patients with Penetrating Injuries; A Single Center Experience

Objective: To determine if there was any decrease in measures of injury severity or outcome with obese patients (body mass index greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2) as compared to non-obese patients (body mass index less than 30 kg/m2).Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of the trauma databa...

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Main Authors: Farris Serio, Quinn Fujii, Keval Shah, Andrew McCague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018-10-01
Series:Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma
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Online Access:http://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_44456_1fb05718a80349a9fe757630f16d2e9a.pdf