Obesity and emergency care in the French CONSTANCES cohort.
Anne-Laure Feral-PierssensClaire CaretteClaire Rives-LangeJoane MattaMarcel GoldbergPhilippe JuvinMarie ZinsSebastien CzernichowPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Obese individuals have a higher level of emergency care resource utilization than normal-weight individuals and it increases with severe obesity. Further studies are needed to better understand their healthcare pathways leading to EDs.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- weight gain
- type diabetes
- bariatric surgery
- palliative care
- emergency department
- public health
- high fat diet induced
- adipose tissue
- quality improvement
- body mass index
- early onset
- pain management
- affordable care act
- physical activity
- obese patients
- health information
- social media
- drug induced
- skeletal muscle
- emergency medical