80% of people put on ventilators with covid died. I couldn’t say for sure but that’s evidence they either didn’t help or caused more harm.
80% of people who have CoVID and placed on vents did not die. This is completely untrue. We will look back at this and there will be forever a black mark on medicine that we panicked and did not do what is the standard or norm based on anecdotal data.
Some things good will come out of this. Specifically proning protocols for ARDS being used in all ARDS cases will likely save many lives. The utilization of modalities like HFNC / Heated HF NC as an intermediate between oxymizer and NIPPV, and therapeutics targeted will usher in some significant improvements in quality and mortality.
Ventilators have a lot of unpleasant side effects. By the time you’re on one they think you’re probably gonna die anyway.
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