Publications by authors named "Greg Eschun"
Article Synopsis
- Obesity negatively affects the prognosis of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), particularly those requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO).
- An observational study analyzed data from 354 patients on V-V ECMO across 82 institutions, finding no significant differences in characteristics between high BMI (over 40 kg/m²) and lower BMI groups, though the high BMI group was younger and had a lower severity score.
- Survival analysis revealed that both older age and higher BMI are associated with increased risk of death in these patients, with no specific cutoff BMI identified; rather, the risk rises steadily with increasing BMI.
