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Obesity

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General

General

Anderson. Impact of Obesity in Critical Illness. Chest. 2021;160(6):2135-2145
Ayalon. The Impact of Obesity on Critical Illnesses. Shock 2021;56(5):691-700
Schetz. Obesity in the critically ill: a narrative review. Intensive Care Med 2019;45(6):757-769

Resuscitation

Parker. The Crashing Obese Patient. West J Emerg Med 2019;20(2):323-330

Background

Pathophysiology

Brondeel. Physiologic and pharmacologic considerations in morbid obesity and bariatric anesthesia. Saudi J Anaesth 2022;16(3):306-313

Pulmonary Pathophysiology

Dixon. The effect of obesity on lung function. Expert Rev Respir Med 2018;12(9):755-767

Conditions

COVID-19

Paediatrics

Radman. Childhood Obesity, Endothelial Cell Activation, and Critical Illness. Front Pediatr 2020;8:441

Complications

Infections

Vassilopoulou. Obesity and Infection: What Have We Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Nutr 2022;9:931313

Glycaemic Control

Plečko. The obesity paradox and hypoglycemia in critically ill patients. Crit Care 2021;25(1):378

Monitoring & Investigations

General

Therapies

Nutrition

Dickerson. Obesity and critical care nutrition: current practice gaps and directions for future research. Crit Care 2022;26(1):283

Mechanical Ventilation

Drug Dosing

Erstad. Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient-a focus on sedation, analgesia, and delirium. Crit Care 2020;24(1):315

Last updated May 19th, 2025