... recently in Intensive Care Medicine add moreweight to the arguments against such views [2,3]. In the study by Sakr and colleagues, the European obser-vational Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill ... [4,5].CommentaryRecently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the intensive care unit?Lui G Forni1,21Department of Critical Care, Worthing General Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing BN11 2DH, ... studies add to the growing evidence that the obesepatient is not significantly disadvantaged in terms of outcomefollowing intensive care admission. Another study highlights the increasing burden...