Adipose tissue on CT scans in critical care and trauma are associated with acute kidney injury

摘要

Is up to one third of the United States adult population is considered to be obese or morbidly obese, defined as a body mass index (BMI) more than or equal to 30, the impact of obesity on outcomes in both the trauma and critical care populations needs to be constantly examined and healthcare tailored to meet this major comorbidity (1-5). Ditillo et al (1) in a publication in 2014 looked at the largest administrative trauma database globally, the National Trauma Data Bank, and found that obesity was an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes in the blunt trauma population. Shashaty et al (6) also found obesity to be an independent predictor of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the critically injured trauma patient.