Outcomes of morbidly obese patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation: a nationwide analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Critically ill, morbidly obese patients (BMI≥40 kg/m2) are at high risk of respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). It is not clear if outcomes of critically ill, obese patients are affected by obesity. Due to limited cardiopulmonary reserve, they may have poor outcomes. However, literature to this effect is limited and conflicted.

Methods

We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2004 to 2008 to examine the outcomes of morbidly obese people receiving IMV and compared them to nonobese people. We identified hospitalizations requiring IMV and morbid obesity using International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Primary outcomes studied were inhospital mortality, rates of prolonged mechanical ventilat

SUBMITTER: Kumar G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4694107 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature