The influence of body mass index on injury pattern in polytrauma: thorax as the main source of comlications

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Authors	MÍČA Ladislav KELLER Catharina VOMELA Jindřich KEEL Marius J. TRENTZ Otmar PLECKO Michael
Year of publication	2013
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Global Epidemic Obesity
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Web	http://www.hoajonline.com/obesity/2052-5966/1/3
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.7243/2052-5966-1-3
Field	Surgery incl. transplantology
Keywords	BMI; polytrauma; abbreviated injury scale; murray score; SOFA score
Attached files	vomela.pdf
Description	Overweight and obesity lead to a higher incidence of thoracic trauma in a polytrauma situation and may additionally handicap ventilation in an obstructive manner.