Effect of obesity and decompressive laparotomy on mortality in acute pancreatitis requiring intensive care unit admission.

Davis, Philip J B; Eltawil, Karim M; Abu-Wasel, Bassam; Walsh, Mark J; Topp, Trevor; Molinari, Michele

Davis, Philip J B; Eltawil, Karim M; Abu-Wasel, Bassam; Walsh, Mark J; Topp, Trevor; Molinari, Michele.

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Davis PJ; Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Room 6-302 Victoria Building, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.

World J Surg ; 37(2): 318-32, 2013 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23052814

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Critical Care; Decompression, Surgical; Hospital Mortality; Intra-Abdominal Hypertension/etiology; Obesity/complications; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing/mortality; Adult; Aged; Cohort Studies; Female; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Incidence; Intra-Abdominal Hypertension/diagnosis; Intra-Abdominal Hypertension/epidemiology; Intra-Abdominal Hypertension/surgery; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing/complications; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing/therapy; ROC Curve; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hospital Mortality / Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Decompression, Surgical / Critical Care / Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / Obesity Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Evaluation_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: World J Surg Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Canada Country of publication: United States

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