ICU outcomes in Covid-19 patients with obesity

Ther Adv Respir Dis. 2020 Jan-Dec:14:1753466620971146. doi: 10.1177/1753466620971146.

Authors

Raj Parikh¹, Michael A Garcia², Iniya Rajendran³, Shelsey Johnson², Nathan Mesfin², Janice Weinberg⁴, Christine C Reardon²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord St R304, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

Keywords: ARDS; Coronavirus-2019; Covid-19; Obesity.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Critical Care*
Female
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Length of Stay
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / mortality
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Treatment Outcome