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Article: Obese patients are at increased risk for trauma complications.(Across Specialties)(Clinical report)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
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- March 1, 2007
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PALM BEACH, FLA. -- Obese patients with critical injuries from blunt trauma have worse outcomes than do leaner patients, according to a single-center review of more than 1,500 patients.
However, the new data were not able to show an increased risk for death after blunt trauma in obese patients, Dr. Michael F. Rotondo said at the annual meeting of the Southern Surgical Association.
The findings are notable because the series they come from is the largest ever reported on the role of obesity in trauma outcomes, and includes the highest percentage of obese patients, said Dr. Rotondo, chairman of surgery at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.