 Obesity, Morbid
"Obesity, Morbid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2.
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D009767
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.726.500.700 C23.888.144.699.500.500 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.500 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Obesity, Morbid- Obesity, Morbid
- Morbid Obesities
- Obesities, Morbid
- Obesity, Severe
- Obesities, Severe
- Severe Obesities
- Severe Obesity
- Morbid Obesity
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Morbid" by people in Profiles.
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Thompson-Moore NR, Wanat MA, Putney DR, Liebl PH, Chandler WL, Muntz JE. Evaluation and Pharmacokinetics of Treatment Dose Enoxaparin in Hospitalized Patients With Morbid Obesity. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2015 Sep; 21(6):513-20.
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Cheung LK, Lal LS, Chow DS, Sherman V. Racial disparity in short-term outcomes after gastric bypass surgery. Obes Surg. 2013 Dec; 23(12):2096-103.
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Borkgren-Okonek MJ, Hart RW, Pantano JE, Rantis PC, Guske PJ, Kane JM, Gordon N, Sambol NC. Enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis in gastric bypass patients: extended duration, dose stratification, and antifactor Xa activity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2008 Sep-Oct; 4(5):625-31.
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Chow GK, Prieto M, Bohorquez HE, Stegall MD. Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for morbidly obese patients. Transplant Proc. 2002 Mar; 34(2):728.
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Renshaw AA, Rabaza JR, Gonzalez AM, Verdeja JC. Helicobacter pylori infection in patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity. Obes Surg. 2001 Jun; 11(3):281-3.
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