• P Tocalini, A Vicente, R L Amoza, C García Reid, A J Cura, W A Tozzi, M Villarruel, F Esperón, M A Alí, M N Novo, and S A Virgilio.
• Hospital General de Agudos Parmenio T. Piñero, Departamento de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento, Servicio de Kinesiología, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: pablotocalini@hotmail.com.
• Med Intensiva. 2020 Jan 1; 44 (1): 18-26.

ObjectiveTo evaluate if there is an association between obesity and mortality in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in adult patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.DesignSystematic review with meta-analysis.ScopeICU.Data SourceA search was made in MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and Global Health databases without language restriction, until February 21, 2017.Selection Of StudiesStudies that reported mortality in the ICU in obese versus non-obese patients who received IMV were included.Main VariablesMortality in the ICU.Results2163 articles were found, of which 14 studies were included. No statistically significant differences were found between obese and non-obese patients with respect to the variable mortality in the ICU (OR: 0.94, 95% CI: 0.81-1.10, P=.45).ConclusionNo relationship was found between the subgroup of obese adult patients receiving IMV and the mortality variable in the ICU.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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