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 …

Background Obesity paradox refers to lower mortality in subjects with higher body mass
index (BMI), and has been documented under a variety of condition. However, whether …

Background & aims For patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), nutritional risk assessment
is often difficult. Traditional scoring systems cannot be used for patients who are sedated or …

Rationale: Patients with obesity are at increased risk for developing acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS). Some centers consider obesity a relative contraindication to …

Purpose Studies have shown that a small percentage of ICU patients have prolonged length
of stay (LoS) and account for a large proportion of resource use. Therefore, the identification …

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic put the world's population at risk. As the relationship
between nutritional risk and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is still …

How does prior health status (age, comorbidities and frailty... : Current Opinion in Critical Care
How does prior health status (age, comorbidities and frailty) determine critical illness and …

The steady growing prevalence of critically ill obese patients is posing diagnostic and
management challenges across medical and surgical intensive care units. The impact of …

Objective Patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) frequently suffer from multiple
chronic diseases, including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Until recently OSA was not …

Background: A number of factors influence mortality in post-cardiac-arrest (CA) patients,
nutritional status being one of them. The aim of this study was to assess whether there are …