"Obesity causes a low-grade systemic inflammatory response. This
has been hypothesized to be the main reason why these patients
have worse ICU outcomes including length of ICU time, time on the
ventilator and infections, when compared to normal BMI patients.
Pharmaconutrition has been shown to improve these outcomes in
normal BMI patients and might lead to improved ICU outcomes for
obese patients. Health care providers will explore the connection
between obesity and inflammation, while receiving optimistic insight
on pharmaconutrition and how it may help improve inflammation in
obese patients and potentially improve ICU outcomes."