Open AccessDoes Obesity Influence the Outcome of the Patients Following a Cardiac Arrest?
Author(s) -
M. Chavda,
Adrian Pakavakis,
David Ernest
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23665
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , obesity paradox , obesity , retrospective cohort study , medical record , overweight
Obesity is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular diseases. However, the obesity paradox confers survival benefits in heart failure and cardiac surgery patients. Studies examining the outcomes of obese patients following cardiac arrest provided conflicting results.