Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Background. The effect of body mass index (BMI) on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) severity is unclear. Methods. We investigated the relationship between BMI and CAP outcomes (hospital length of stay [LOS], intensive care unit [ICU] admission, and invasive mechanical ventilation) in hospitalized...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2017-06, Vol.215 (12), p.1873-1882
Hauptverfasser: Bramley, Anna M., Reed, Carrie, Finelli, Lyn, Self, Wesley H., Ampofo, Krow, Arnold, Sandra R., Williams, Derek J., Grijalva, Carlos G., Anderson, Evan J., Stockmann, Chris, Trabue, Christopher, Fakhran, Sherene, Balk, Robert, McCullers, Jonathan A., Pavia, Andrew T., Edwards, Kathryn M., Wunderink, Richard G., Jain, Seema
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