Oxygen Requirement in Overweight/Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients with COVID-19: An Observational Cohort Study.

Alexandre Veronese-AraújoDébora D de LucenaIsabella Aguiar-BritoLuís Gustavo Modelli de AndradeMarina Pontello CristelliHélio Tedesco-SilvaJosé O Medina-PestanaÉrika Bevillaqua Rangel

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

requirements in KTRs, in particular in older people and smokers, with worse kidney allograft functions, more inflammation, and lower sodium levels. Therefore, the early identification of factors that predict a worse outcome in overweight/obese KTRs affected by COVID-19 contributes to risk stratification and therapeutic decisions.

Keyphrases

weight loss
coronavirus disease
sars cov
bariatric surgery
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
weight gain
type diabetes
physical activity
oxidative stress
obese patients
smoking cessation
body mass index
kidney transplantation