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01-01-2021 | Obesity | Letter to the Editor

Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Can Prevent People with Obesity from COVID-19 Infection

Author: Chetan Parmar

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 1/2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 8.9 million globally and caused death of nearly 469,587 people (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports). Published literature shows that the predictors of poor outcomes in COVID-19 infection are obesity, hypertension (HT), and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) [1], (https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports). Thrombotic events were noted to be an aggravating cause of death [2]. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients are more susceptible for respiratory infection and have poor outcomes (https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports). …

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Title: Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Can Prevent People with Obesity from COVID-19 Infection
Author: Chetan Parmar
Publication date: 01-01-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Obesity
Obesity
COVID-19
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04843-3

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