MedCram Lecture
Dr. Roger Seheult
April 3
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 49: New Data on COVID-19 vs Other Viral Infections (Ventilator Outcomes)
Dr. Seheult discusses new data on outcomes for COVID-19 patients who are in need of mechanical ventilation or critical care - compared to the data for patients with other viral cases of pneumonia (non-COVID-19).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaIzj3s3p4A
The time to save lives is between realization of symptoms and realization you need to go to hospital - Day 5 to day 12 - the ‘golden period of time’ for the 20% that will need to be hospitalized. More difficult time to act beyond day 12/ admitted to ICU. 50/50 survival in UK
UK Study a link (download pdf)
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Texas - Houston - heads up!
Houston hasn’t reported a surge of coronavirus cases. But its hospitals tell a different story.
The 25-county region surrounding Houston had reported fewer than 950 confirmed coronavirus cases among its 9.3 million residents as of Monday. But on that same day, there were 996 people hospitalized in the region with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, according to the advisory council count. That figure is not cumulative and does not include patients with COVID-19 who were hospitalized and released before Monday.
Dr. Peter Hotez, an infectious disease expert and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said the disconnect between the number of positive test results and the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 suggests that a significant majority of coronavirus cases are going undetected here.
“We know that about 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 COVID-19 patients needs to be hospitalized, so what you’re seeing in hospital admissions would suggest that the actual number of cases could be 5 to 10 times higher in Texas than what’s been reported to this point,” he said.
NBC News:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/houston-hasnt-reported-a-surge-of-coronavirus-cases-but-its-hospitals-tell-a-different-story/ar-BB127eMv?ocid=spartanntp
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