COVID-19 and Obesity: Is Bariatric Surgery Protective? Retrospective Analysis on 2145 Patients Undergone Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery from High Volume Center in Italy (Lombardy).
Matteo UccelliGiovanni Carlo CesanaStefano Maria De CarliFrancesca CiccareseAlberto OldaniAdelinda Angela Giulia ZanoniRiccardo GiorgiRoberta VillaAyman IsmailSimone TargaAndrea D'AlessioGiancarlo CesanaLorenzo MantovaniStefano OlmiPublished in: Obesity surgery (2020)
Although the reported rates of symptoms and fever were high, only 0.6% of patients tested positive for COVID-19. Among more than 2000 patients who underwent bariatric surgery analyzed in this study, only 0.1% needed ICU admission.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- bariatric surgery
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- weight loss
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- physical activity
- skeletal muscle
- body mass index
- coronary artery disease
- adipose tissue
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute respiratory distress syndrome