Undernourished patients do not have increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes

Undernourished patients do not have increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes

Background: 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. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed correlation between nutritional stat...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Fneich, Pierre Poinsot, Christelle Elias, Lioara Restier, Philippe Vanhems, Florent Wallet, Cyrielle Caussy, Antoine Duclos, Noël Peretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Clinical Nutrition Open Science
Subjects:
Undernutrition
Covid-19
Intensive care
Invasive mechanical ventilation
Death
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667268522000183

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