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The impact of obesity on ventilator-associated pneumonia, a US nationwide study.

Mohamad El LabbanMichella Abi Zeid DaouHiba SmailyAbbas HammoudGhandi HassanSyed KhanImad Bou Akl
Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2024)
Obesity was not found to be an independent risk factor for worse outcomes in patients who develop VAP in the intensive care unit.
Keyphrases
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • weight loss
  • high fat diet induced
  • type diabetes
  • weight gain
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • physical activity
  • intensive care unit