Predictors of prolonged hospital stay following open and laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity: body mass index, length of surgery, sleep apnea, asthma, and the metabolic syndrome

The number of weight reduction operations performed for type II and type III obesity is rapidly escalating. Risk of surgery has been infrequently stratified for patient subgroups. The purpose of this study was to identify patient characteristics that increased the odds of a prolonged hospital length...

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Published in:	Obesity surgery Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 1042 - 1050
Main Authors:	Ballantyne, Garth H, Svahn, Jonathan, Capella, Rafael F, Capella, Joseph F, Schmidt, Hans J, Wasielewski, Annette, Davies, Richard J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Springer Nature B.V 01-09-2004
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Asthma Asthma - epidemiology Body Mass Index Cardiovascular disease Comorbidity Coronary Disease - epidemiology Female Gastric Bypass - methods Gastrointestinal surgery Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Laparoscopy - methods Length of Stay Male Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology Middle Aged Obesity, Morbid - epidemiology Obesity, Morbid - surgery Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Sleep apnea Sleep Apnea Syndromes - epidemiology Surgery Time Factors Treatment Outcome
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