Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 203, Issue 4 , Pages 539-545, October 2006

Obesity Increases Risk of Organ Failure after Severe Trauma

Presented at the 36th Meeting of the Western Trauma Association, Big Sky, MT, February 2006.

  • David J. Ciesla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: David J Ciesla, MD, Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St NW Suite 4B-39, Washington, DC 20005.
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  • Ernest E. Moore, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
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  • Jeffery L. Johnson, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
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  • Jon M. Burch, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
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  • C. Clay Cothren, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
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  • Angela Sauaia, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.

Received 27 March 2006; received in revised form 26 June 2006; accepted 28 June 2006. published online 22 August 2006.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.Supported in part by NIH grants P50GM49222, T32GM08315, U546M62119, Jourdan Block Trauma Foundation.

PII: S1072-7515(06)01083-0

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.06.029

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 203, Issue 4 , Pages 539-545, October 2006

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