Does Obesity Predispose Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients to Venous Thromboembolism despite Prophylaxis? A Retrospective Chart Review.

Conclusions. We can conclude that obesity did increase the rate of VTE, but not to a statistically significant level in this single center medical intensive care unit population. PMID: 27994886 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994886?dopt=Abstract

Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - December 22, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Res Pract Source Type: research

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