These observations are supported by a meta-analysis which suggested that patients with a BMI >40 had decreased hospital mortality compared to normal weight patients, although this did not reach statistical significance (relative risk [RR] 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.66–1.04) [ 9 ].
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Not all critically ill obese patients are the same: the influence of prior comorbidities.
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