## Abstract Ninety-nine patients with acute pancreatitis in whom body mass index (BMI = weight (kg)/height2 (m2)) was measured were studied prospectively to determine the importance of obesity as a prognostic factor in this disease. Of 19 obese patients (BMI β©Ύ 30 kg/m2), 12 developed severe pancrea
An important factor in preoperative screening
β Scribed by Andrew P.J. Olson; Patrick F. Fogarty; Gurpreet Dhaliwal
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1553-5592
- DOI
- 10.1002/jhm.595
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