%0 Journal Article
%T Burns in morbidly obese patients
%J Journal of trauma
%D 1992
%A Pruitt, B. A.
%A McManus, W. F.
%A Rue, L. W.
%A Sheridan, R. L.
%V 33
%N 6
%P 818-820
%X It has been estimated that 26% of Americans are obese. A very small subset of this group can be categorized as morbidly obese, fulfilling the criteria of being 100 pounds, or 100%, over ideal body weight. The clinical records of seven morbidly obese burn patients treated over a 20-year period are reviewed. Particularly notable was a 43% incidence of fatal pulmonary embolism.
%G 
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0022-5282
%U http://dx.doi.org/