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An Obesity Paradox of Asian Body Mass Index after Cardiac Surgery: Arterial Oxygenations in Duration of Mechanic Ventilation
Joint Authors
Chang, Chiu-Hsia
Lee, Fan-Yen
Chen, Ying-Ni
Chen, Hsin-Chu
Hung, Huei-Ling
Wang, Chin-Chou
Lin, Meng-Chih
Liu, Shih-Feng
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Background.
Numerous studies have documented an obesity paradox that overweight of Caucasian patients has better prognosis after cardiac surgery.
This study is to examine Asian patients’ BMI to see whether an obesity paradox exists in DMV after cardiac surgery.
Methods.
A retrospective study consisted of 428 patients after cardiac surgery from January 2006 to December 2010 in the medical center of Taiwan.
The Asian BMI was divided into 3 groups: under-normal weight patients (BMI<24; n=165), overweight patients (BMI 24 to <27; n=130), and obese patients (BMI≥27; n=133).
Multivariable analysis and paired t were used to compare all variables.
Results.
Overweight patients were significantly associated with the shortest DMV.
Under-normal weight patients had significantly better oxygenations of AaDO2 and P/F ratio in the DMV; however, they correlated with the longest DMV, older age, more female, lower LVSV, higher BUN, more dialysis-dependent, and poorer outcomes, namely, 1-year mortality, HAP, reintubation, tracheotomy, and LOS.
Conclusions.
Asian overweight patients after cardiac surgery have better prognosis.
Under-normal weight patients have higher risk factors, longer DMV, and poorer outcomes; even though they have better arterial oxygenations, they seem to need better arterial oxygenations for successful weaning ventilator.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chang, Chiu-Hsia& Lee, Fan-Yen& Wang, Chin-Chou& Chen, Ying-Ni& Chen, Hsin-Chu& Hung, Huei-Ling…[et al.]. 2013. An Obesity Paradox of Asian Body Mass Index after Cardiac Surgery: Arterial Oxygenations in Duration of Mechanic Ventilation. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032910
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chang, Chiu-Hsia…[et al.]. An Obesity Paradox of Asian Body Mass Index after Cardiac Surgery: Arterial Oxygenations in Duration of Mechanic Ventilation. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032910
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chang, Chiu-Hsia& Lee, Fan-Yen& Wang, Chin-Chou& Chen, Ying-Ni& Chen, Hsin-Chu& Hung, Huei-Ling…[et al.]. An Obesity Paradox of Asian Body Mass Index after Cardiac Surgery: Arterial Oxygenations in Duration of Mechanic Ventilation. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032910
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1032910