[HTML][HTML] The potential impacts of obesity on COVID-19
AAD Albashir - Clinical medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Obese patients are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. During
the H1N1 pandemic, obesity was associated with an increased risk of influenza-associated
intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death, longer duration of mechanical ventilation,
and longer duration of ICU and hospital length of stay compared with the non-obese. These
observations have raised a concern about the correlation between obesity and the current
COVID-19 pandemic. In this review, we have outlined the potential impacts of obesity on …
the H1N1 pandemic, obesity was associated with an increased risk of influenza-associated
intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death, longer duration of mechanical ventilation,
and longer duration of ICU and hospital length of stay compared with the non-obese. These
observations have raised a concern about the correlation between obesity and the current
COVID-19 pandemic. In this review, we have outlined the potential impacts of obesity on …
