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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Although obesity has been proposed as a risk factor for adverse outcomes after trauma,
numerous studies report conflicting results. The objective of this study was to compare …

The prevalence of obesity has increased starkly during the last decades, and this trend
includes every age, sex, race and socioeconomic group. 1, 2 According to the most recent …

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 …

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 …

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 …