Obesity: a critical risk factor in the COVID‐19 pandemic

S Kwok, S Adam, JH Ho, Z Iqbal, P Turkington… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is an emerging independent risk factor for susceptibility to and severity of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

The role of pneumonia and secondary bacterial infection in fatal and serious outcomes of pandemic influenza a (H1N1) pdm09

CR MacIntyre, AA Chughtai, M Barnes, I Ridda… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pneumonia and
secondary bacterial infections during the pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09. Methods …

Characterization and clinical course of 1000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York: retrospective case series

MG Argenziano, SL Bruce, CL Slater, JR Tiao… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To characterize patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in a large New
York City medical center and describe their clinical course across the emergency …

SARS-CoV-2 in Spanish intensive care units: early experience with 15-day survival in Vitoria

H Barrasa, J Rello, S Tejada, A Martín… - Anaesthesia critical care …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in Spain in February 2020,
with 216% intensive care unit (ICU) capacity expanded in Vitoria by March 18 th, 2020 …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic and non invasive respiratory management: every Goliath needs a David. An evidence based evaluation of problems

JC Winck, N Ambrosino - Pulmonology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and aim The war against Covid-19 is far from won. This narrative review
attempts to describe some problems with the management of Covid-19 induced acute …

Underweight, overweight, and obesity as independent risk factors for hospitalization in adults and children from influenza and other respiratory viruses

JAS Moser, A Galindo‐Fraga… - Influenza and other …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background The relationship between obesity and risk of complications described during
the 2009 influenza pandemic is poorly defined for seasonal influenza and other viral causes …

Risk factors for severe outcomes following 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection: a global pooled analysis

MD Van Kerkhove, KAH Vandemaele, V Shinde… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Since the start of the 2009 influenza A pandemic (H1N1pdm), the World Health
Organization and its member states have gathered information to characterize the clinical …

Bacterial coinfection in influenza: a grand rounds review

DS Chertow, MJ Memoli - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Bacterial coinfection complicated nearly all influenza deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic
and up to 34% of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infections managed in intensive care …

Critical illness from 2009 pandemic influenza A virus and bacterial coinfection in the United States

TW Rice, L Rubinson, TM Uyeki, FL Vaughn… - Critical care …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The contribution of bacterial coinfection to critical illness associated with 2009
influenza A virus infection remains uncertain. The objective of this study was to determine …

A novel risk factor for a novel virus: obesity and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

JK Louie, M Acosta, MC Samuel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Many critically ill patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)(2009 H1N1)
infection were noted to be obese, but whether obesity, rather than its associated co …