Coronary artery bypass patients who have severe obesity are more likely to experience infection shortly after surgery and stay in the hospital longer (J Am Heart Assoc 2016 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print]).
Compared with coronary artery bypass patients with normal weight, patients with severe obesity were three times more likely to develop an infection after bypass surgery, researchers said.
“Based on the results of this study, it appears that addressing infection risk might