Relation of Obesity to Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Previous studies have shown that obesity is paradoxically associated with improved outcomes in many cardiovascular (CV) disease states; however, whether obesity affects survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has not been well examined. We queried the 2003 to 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sampl...

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Published in:	The American journal of cardiology Vol. 118; no. 5; pp. 662 - 667
Main Authors:	Gupta, Tanush, Kolte, Dhaval, Mohananey, Divyanshu, Khera, Sahil, Goel, Kashish, Mondal, Pratik, Aronow, Wilbert S., Jain, Diwakar, Cooper, Howard A., Iwai, Sei, Frishman, William H., Bhatt, Deepak L., Fonarow, Gregg C., Panza, Julio A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2016 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Body Mass Index Cardiac arrest Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - mortality Cardiovascular CPR Female Heart Arrest - etiology Heart Arrest - mortality Heart Arrest - therapy Hospital Mortality Humans Inpatients - statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - complications Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Prevalence Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Studies Survival Rate United States - epidemiology United States > US in-hospital cardiac arrest cardiopulmonary resuscitation obesity
ISSN:	0002-9149, 1879-1913
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