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What is the mortality rate for #COVID19 patients put on a mechanical ventilator? A new @JAMA_current
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184@NorthwellHealth provided substantial data, adding to the UK registry, and 4 other published papers w/ small patient numbers
Overall death rate ~70%, weighted by top 2
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184@NorthwellHealth provided substantial data, adding to the UK registry, and 4 other published papers w/ small patient numbers
Overall death rate ~70%, weighted by top 2
Fixed link for @JAMA_current @NorthwellHealth paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184
by @SafiyaMD and colleagues
by @SafiyaMD and colleagues
The use of mechanical ventilators may be contributing to the high mortality rate:
Mechanism, review, recommendations
https://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0283
https://www.propublica.org/article/ventilators-arent-going-to-cure-covid-19-heres-what-they-can-do @propublica
@CarolineYLChen
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-analysis-recommends-less-reliance-on-ventilators/ @statnews @sxbegle
Mechanism, review, recommendations
https://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0283
https://www.propublica.org/article/ventilators-arent-going-to-cure-covid-19-heres-what-they-can-do @propublica
@CarolineYLChen
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-analysis-recommends-less-reliance-on-ventilators/ @statnews @sxbegle
As noted in the Table footnote, the data I included were for known status (discharged or died). For this reason, the Lombardy @JAMA_current report w/ 58% in the ICU, was not included, or other data w/ unknown final status
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764365
Will keep
on this w/ more data
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764365
Will keep
on this w/ more data
