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Article: Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient described.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- April 7, 2004
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2004 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methods of resuscitating the morbidly obese patient is described in a recent issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
"Obesity is a major health care problem in the United States. The body mass index (BMI) is the standard measure of obesity. A BMI >25 kg/m[superscript]2 is defined as overweight and obesity as a BMI >30 kg/m[superscript]2," a researcher in the United States reports.
"Recent surveys indicate that 54% of adults, or roughly 97 million people, are overweight," said Douglas D. Brunette at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. "Given the incidence of obesity in the general ...