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Alternative Explanations for the Obesity Paradox in Sepsis.

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REFERENCES 1. Pepper DJ, Demirkale CY, Sun J, et al: Does Obesity Protect Against Death in Sepsis? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 55,038 Adult Patients. Crit Care Med 2019; 47:643–650… Click to show full abstract

REFERENCES 1. Pepper DJ, Demirkale CY, Sun J, et al: Does Obesity Protect Against Death in Sepsis? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 55,038 Adult Patients. Crit Care Med 2019; 47:643–650 2. Handsel M. Kokanovich K. Acquisto N: Evaluation of criteria scores at emergency department triage and broad-spectrum antibiotic use. Critical Care Medicine. 2019; 49:789 3. Choban P, Dickerson R, Malone A, et al; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: A.S.P.E.N. Clinical guidelines: Nutrition support of hospitalized adult patients with obesity. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2013; 37:714–744 4. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC): Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: A pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet 2017; 390:2627–2642

Keywords: medicine; sepsis; obesity paradox; explanations obesity; obesity; alternative explanations

Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine
Year Published: 2019

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