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Ventilators Are No Panacea For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

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Ventilators Are No Panacea For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Post by audiophile » Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:00 am

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-sho ... 9-patients

Only 3/22 on ventilators survive. Wow!

It works for pneumonia, but not so well for Covid-19.


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Re: Ventilators Are No Panacea For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Post by Rate This » Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:57 pm

audiophile wrote:
Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:00 am
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-sho ... 9-patients

Only 3/22 on ventilators survive. Wow!

It works for pneumonia, but not so well for Covid-19.
Since there is no cure all they have is supportive care which is exactly what a ventilator is.



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