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cord-266423-s8lqdpvn	Jose, Ricardo J.	Does Coronavirus Disease 2019 Disprove the Obesity Paradox in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?	2020-05-22		.txt	text/plain	718	41	54	Obesity is associated with a decrease in mortality in patients with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and is referred to as the obesity paradox.1 ARDS is a type of respiratory failure characterised by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the lungs and is usually the result of infectious or chemical injury. Obesity is associated with a decrease in mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and this is referred to as the obesity paradox (2) . Clinicians tend to consider patients with obesity at higher risk of worse outcomes; thus, this might result in earlier admission to the intensive care unit for monitoring purposes in normal circumstances (6) . Taken together, these elements may contribute to difficulties for patients with obesity in accessing care during a pandemic if they are wrongly perceived by clinicians and policy makers to be at a higher risk for worse outcomes.O	./cache/cord-266423-s8lqdpvn.txt	./txt/cord-266423-s8lqdpvn.txt