As a frontline intensivist, I find morbid obesity BMI > 35-40 as a major, if not the highest risk factor independent of DM/HTN/Age for COVID 19 mortality. Morbid obesity is absolutely crushing COVID lungs with reduction in FRC/inability to generate enough end expiratory intrathoracic pressure...
We hypothesize that SAIA-hypertension (SAIA-HTN) will be effective as an adaptable, scalable model for broad implementation. Methods We will deploy a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial to evaluate the impact of SAIA-HTN on hypertension management in eight intervention and eight control ...