Obesity as a risk factor in patients with covid-19: clinical characteristics and implications. About a case

Abstract

Introduction: obesity is a chronic disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 disease vary from asymptomatic to moderate and even severe cases, arriving with artificial airway and invasive ventilatory assistance to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methodology: a retrospective study was carried out, by collecting data from the electronic medical record of the AS 400 hospital system of the Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo in January 2021. Results: 67-year-old obese female patient with a history of hypertension and diabetes milletus Type II, chest CT showed ground-glass infiltrates in both lung fields, multilobular with peripheral distribution, COVID-19 pneumonia. Contributions: recognize possible mechanisms and implications in the clinical management of patients with morbid obesity, diagnosed with Pneumonia due to COVID 19.