Objectives: The authors describe the evaluation of obese and nonobese adult patients with
abdominal pain presenting to an emergency department (ED). The hypothesis was that …

OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that emergency physicians would use more resources to
evaluate acute abdominal pain in obese patients as compared with that in nonobese …

Objective The study aims to determine if obesity (body mass index≥ 30.0 kg/m2) adversely
affects the patients' ED experience in terms of flow variables and rates of assistance …

OBJECTIVES: Our study compares treatment times of morbidly obese patients (body mass
index [BMI]> 40 kg/m2) with patients having BMI less than 35 kg/m2. METHODS: We used …

Study Objectives Obesity is a major epidemic in the United States with a national prevalence
of 27% and a prevalence of 25.2% in the State of Florida. However, these results are based …

Methods This was a retrospective review of pediatric patients< 18 years who presented with
abdominal pain to the ED of a tertiary care center from January 1, 2014–September 3, 2020 …

Obesity is present in epidemic proportions in the United States. Obese individuals are at
increased risk of morbidity and mortality compared with those with normal body mass …

Background: The aim of this study was to assess perioperative outcomes in obese patients
undergoing emergency surgery. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all adult …

Objectives: To identify the difficulties encountered with the emergency management of
morbidly obese patients and formulate recommendations to streamline care. Methods: An …

Obesity is a significant public health concern which is implicated in cardiometabolic disease,
mechanical complications and psychiatric sequelae. BMI is currently used for diagnosis; …