The dual pandemics of COVID-19 and obesity: bidirectional impact

N Kapoor, S Kalra, W Al Mahmeed, K Al-Rasadi… - Diabetes Therapy, 2022 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the
COVID-19 pandemic, has been shown to disrupt many organ systems in the human body …

[HTML][HTML] Length of hospital stay and risk of intensive care admission and in-hospital death among COVID-19 patients in Norway: a register-based cohort study …

R Whittaker, AB Kristofferson, BV Salamanca… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives We estimated the length of stay (LoS) in hospital and the intensive care unit (ICU)
and risk of admission to ICU and in-hospital death among COVID-19 patients≥ 18 years in …

Implications of obesity and adiposopathy on respiratory infections; focus on emerging challenges

IG Lempesis… - World Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obesity is characterized by excessive adipose tissue accumulation, which impacts
physiological, metabolic, and immune functions. Several respiratory infections, including …

Predictors of post-COVID-19 and the impact of persistent symptoms in non-hospitalized patients 12 months after COVID-19, with a focus on work ability

MA Kisiel, H Janols, T Nordqvist… - Upsala Journal of …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Better knowledge of long-term symptoms following coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19), the so-called post-COVID-19, in non-hospitalized patients is needed. The aim …

Association between obesity and COVID-19 mortality and length of stay in intensive care unit patients in Brazil: a retrospective cohort study

VB Paravidino, TH Leite, MFF Mediano, R Sichieri… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The present study aimed to evaluate the association between obesity and COVID-19
mortality and length of stay in ICU patients, and how these associations were modified by …

The comparison of the Nursing Activities Score and TrendCare to accurately measure critical care nursing workload: A prospective observational design

AM Pirret, MC Corkery, A Gilhooly, KL Devoy… - Intensive and Critical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Intensive care units commonly use the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) to
measure nursing workload, however, some settings use TrendCare. Historically 100 NAS …

COVID-19 in patients with cancer: first report of the ESMO international, registry-based, cohort study (ESMO-CoCARE)

L Castelo-Branco, Z Tsourti, S Gennatas, J Rogado… - ESMO open, 2022 - Elsevier
Background ESMO COVID-19 and CAncer REgistry (ESMO-CoCARE) is an international
collaborative registry-based, cohort study gathering real-world data from Europe …

Intensive care unit burden is associated with increased mortality in critically ill COVID‐19 patients

I Didriksson, M Leffler, M Spångfors… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Traditional models to predict intensive care outcomes do not perform well in
COVID‐19. We undertook a comprehensive study of factors affecting mortality and functional …

Obesity and its impact on adverse in-hospital outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

K Keller, I Sagoschen, VH Schmitt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background An increasing level of evidence suggests that obesity not only is a major risk
factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) but also has adverse outcomes during COVID-19 …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome in Poland: a multicenter cohort study

E Trejnowska, D Drobiński, P Knapik… - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In Poland, the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with
COVID-19 requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) remain unknown. This …