Frailty of the Obese Patient and the Obesity Paradox After Surgical Stress
Abstract
Obesity is associated with increased all-cause mortality in the general population but the mortality rate of obese patients after elective surgery is lower in comparison to normal-weight patients. The reasons for this “obesity paradox” remain unexplained because of the different parameters used to define obesity and the heterogeneity of the obese population, which includes metabolically healthy, unhealthy and complicated patients. Moreover, the...
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Title
Frailty of the Obese Patient and the Obesity Paradox After Surgical Stress
Published Date
Jan 1, 2020
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Pages
3 - 10
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