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The impact of obesity on critical care resource use and outcomes.

Chris Winkelman1, Beverly Maloney, Janet Kloos.   

Abstract

Obese patients in the ICU present unique challenges to the health care team and specific challenges to nurses. This article reviews the science and art of resource use for obese patients in the ICU. Staff nurses and advanced practice nurses can make important contributions in evaluating optimal resource use and improving outcomes in this population of vulnerable patients.

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Year:  2009        PMID： 19840718     DOI： 10.1016/j.ccell.2009.07.002

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am        ISSN： 0899-5885            Impact factor:   1.326


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