Body Mass Index and Risk for Intubation or Death in SARS-CoV-2 Infection
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- 17 November 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 173 (10), 782-790
- https://doi.org/10.7326/m20-3214
Abstract
Obesity has been associated with COVID-19 and with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome but is also associated with comorbidities that place patients at higher risk. This study examine... Visual BMI and Risk for Intubation or Death in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Obesity has been associated with COVID-19 and with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome but is also associa... Background: Obesity is a risk factor for pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Objective: To determine whether obesity is associated with intubation or death, inflammation, cardiac inj...This publication has 67 references indexed in Scilit:
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