In late 2019, in Wuhan City, China, SARS-CoV2 was identified as the cause of an outbreak of acute respiratory illness called COVID-19 representing its most frequent lethal complication. Objective: To analyze, by means of a literature review, obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19. Methodology: A systematic review of the literature was carried out in scientific databases such as: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS); Virtual Health Library (VHL): Wiley Online Library and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Scielo, Scopus. The search terms included the study variables. Results: According to the analysis of 51 articles, it was determined that obese, male and elderly patients are the profile most prone to present respiratory system failures associated with COVID-19. Their pictures are aggravated by immunological and hormonal physiopathology typical of obesity; in addition, comorbidity in which there is diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and obstructive pulmonary disease aggravates the picture of COVID-19 in obese patients. Conclusions: The presence of obesity is indeed a risk factor against COVID-19 infection, since it increases the possibility of suffering severe respiratory conditions.

El síndrome nefrítico es una enfermedad con expresión de daño histológico glomerular manifestada por alteración morfológica y funcional, en respuesta a variadas agresiones que en poco tiempo se caracteriza por la aparición de hematuria, proteinuria, oliguria, hipertensión arterial y edemas y la reducción de la velocidad de filtración glomerular (VFG). La presentación clínica de esta enfermedad es variable en intensidad y duración, la HTA puede faltar en el 40% de los niños, incluso puede faltar la hematuria en alguna ocasión.

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