Respiratory risk, not death, increased for adults with obesity in ICU with COVID-19

Obesity is not associated with an increased risk for death for adults admitted to the ICU with COVID-19, but BMI is linked to acute respiratory distress syndrome in these patients, according to a study published in Obesity. In the Study of the Treatment and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 (STOP-COVID), researchers analyzed the records of adults admitted to the ICU with COVID-19

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