Open AccessUndernourished patients do not have increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes
Author(s) -
Ahmad Fneich,
Pierre Poinsot,
Christelle Elias,
Lioara Restier,
Philippe Vanhems,
Florent Wallet,
Cyrielle Caussy,
Antoine Duclos,
Noël Peretti
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical nutrition open science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2667-2685
DOI - 10.1016/j.nutos.2022.03.002
Subject(s) - mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , medicine , covid-19 , malnutrition , risk factor , obesity , intensive care , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Undernutrition has been previously identified as a deleterious factor in acute infections. In covid-19 infection, obesity is a risk-factor of severe evolution, but initial undernutrition has not been evaluated yet.
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