Implications of Obesity for the Management of Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia

From Critical Care Medicine.

The authors report on their experience from their first 44 cases of 95 COVID-19 critically ill patients and analyze the link between obesity and this new form of 96 ARDS caused by the SARS-CoV-2 with its potential implications for patients' management.

Authors:
Malcolm Lemyze, MD
Nathan Courageux MD
Thomas Maladobry, MD
Clothilde Arumadura, MD
Philippe Pauquet, MD
Annis Orfi, MD
Matthieu Komorowski, MD, PhD
Jihad Mallat, MD, Msc
Maxime Granier, MD

Estimated Time: 23:23 min