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The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and 30-Day Mortality Risk, by Principal Surgical Procedure

Author(s) -

Florence E. Turrentine

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

archives of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3644

pISSN - 0004-0010

DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.310

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , surgery , index (typography) , principal (computer security) , world wide web , computer science , operating system

To examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) and 30-day mortality risk among patients in the participant use data file database of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Obesity is a prevalent chronic disease in the United States, and general and vascular surgeons are caring for an increasing population of obese patients.

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