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Editorial
. 2017 May 3;21(1):114.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1682-5.

Obesity and survival in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a paradox within the paradox

Lorenzo Ball  1 , Ary Serpa Neto  2 , Paolo Pelosi  3
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Editorial

Obesity and survival in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a paradox within the paradox

Lorenzo Ball et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ARDS; ICU; Obesity.

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Mortality and disease severity in different BMI classes. Upper panel: unadjusted observed mortality rates in the five BMI classes. Lower panel: APACHE III severity scores. For one study [9] the APACHE III score was not reported; therefore, the SAPS II predicted mortality is plotted (blue dashed line). This figure reports data from only the studies included in the two meta-analyses [14, 15] for which disease severity was available. O’Brien 2006 [9], Morris 2007 [11], Stapleton 2010 [13], Soto 2012 [12], Gong 2010 [10], Soubani 2015 [22]
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