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
- end stage renal disease
- respiratory failure
- cardiovascular events
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- peritoneal dialysis
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- risk factors
- weight loss
- prognostic factors
- adipose tissue
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle