Background With rising obesity rates in the United States, knowledge of obesity's impact on
trauma outcomes is essential to providing high-quality care. The interaction between body …

Objective: To examine the association between obesity and outcomes in injured patients.
Background: The United States is facing an obesity epidemic affecting 1 in 3 adult …

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of obesity on morbidity and mortality among injured
patients. Methods: Medical records of all trauma patients evaluated at an American College …

BACKGROUND One third of US adults are obese. The impact of obesity on outcomes after
blunt traumatic injury has been studied with discrepant results. The aim of our study was to …

Current understanding of the effects of obesity on trauma patients is incomplete. We
hypothesized that among older trauma patients, obese patients differ from nonobese …

Background The physiological abnormalities relating to obesity and metabolic syndrome
can contribute to worse outcomes following trauma especially in class 2 and 3 obesity. The …

Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity has been recognized as an impactful comorbid
condition. It has been demonstrated to be an independent risk factor for morbidity and …

Objective This study aims to assess the effect of obesity on injury severity score (ISS),
mortality and course of hospital stay among trauma patients. Method A systematic review of …

BACKGROUND: Obesity has risen at an epidemic rate over the past 20 years in the US. To
our knowledge, there is an absence of data evaluating the impact of obesity in the critically ill …

Objective The obesity paradox is the association of increased survival for overweight and
obese patients compared to normal and underweight patients, despite an increased risk of …