Weight as a Risk Factor for Mortality in Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the hypothesis that obesity is associated with increased mortality and worse outcomes in children who are critically ill.

Methods

Secondary analysis of the Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Angina, and Epidemiology study, a prospective, multinational observational study. Patients between 3 months and 25 years across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America were recruited for 3 consecutive months. Patients were divided into 4 groups (underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese) on the basis of their BMI percentile for age and sex.

Results

A total of 3719 patients were evaluated, of whom 542 (14%) had a primary diagnosis of sepsis. One thousand fifty-nine patients (29%) were underweight, 1649 (44%) were normal weight, 423 (

SUBMITTER: Ayalon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7397732 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature