Influence of obesity on mortality, mechanical ventilation time and mobility of critical patients with COVID-19.
Luísa Helena Machado MartinatoDébora SchmidtTaila Cristina PivaGracieli Nadalon DepontiMaricene Colissi GraboskiRodrigo Della Méa PlentzGraciele SbruzziPublished in: Critical care science (2024)
Overweight and obese patients had lower mortality and higher intensive care unit survival rates. The duration of mechanical ventilation and mobility level at intensive care unit discharge did not differ between the groups.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory failure
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- metabolic syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- body mass index