Body Mass Index and Intensive Care Unit Outcomes in African American Patients.

Authors

O'Dene Lewis
Julius Ngwa
Angesom Kibreab
Marc Phillpotts, George Washington University
Alicia Thomas
Alem Mehari

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Journal

Ethnicity & disease

Volume

27

Issue

2

DOI

10.18865/ed.27.2.161

Keywords

African Americans; Body Mass Index; Comorbidity; Critical Illness; District of Columbia; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Survival Rate

APA Citation

Lewis, O., Ngwa, J., Kibreab, A., Phillpotts, M., Thomas, A., & Mehari, A. (2017). Body Mass Index and Intensive Care Unit Outcomes in African American Patients.. Ethnicity & disease, 27 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.27.2.161

Peer Reviewed

1

Open Access

1