Poor clinical outcomes among hospitalized obese patients with COVID-19 are related to inflammation and not respiratory mechanics
Our findings suggest that the metabolic dysfunction and systemic inflammation seen in obesity, and not dysfunctional respiratory physiology, drive the negative clinical outcomes seen in this cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Authors
- Tomas Ganz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2830-5469)
- Elizabeta Nemeth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3477-2397)
- Airie Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-4472)
- J Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0293-135X)
- NICHOLAS J. JACKSON (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-5050)
- Emily J. Martin
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2025-0012
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00