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or the longest time it was LBs,
but now BMI is the unit of meas-
ure surgical facilities use to deter-
mine whether an overweight
patient is a safe and suitable can-
Using body mass index to predict operative risk.
When Is BMI Too High?
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
• SLIDING SCALE Some facilities
have increased their BMI cutoff
because so many of their patients
exceeded it.