Obesity and clinical severity in patients with COVID-19: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 strain, was first identified in late 2019 in China. The outcomes of patients affected by the virus can worsen, developing acute respiratory failure and other serious complications, especially in older individuals and people with obesity and comorbidities. Thus, obese patients tend to have a more severe course of COVID-19. Thus, this review aims to synthesize the evidence in the literature that associates COVID-19 and the severity of clinical outcomes in infected obese patients.

Methods

This protocol was designed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols Statement. Scientific and gray literature will be systematically select

SUBMITTER: Costa ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7868111 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature