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I have a BPAP for sleep apnoea, and am also curious to know this.
by dragonsngoblins 7y ago
I have a BPAP for sleep apnoea, and am also curious to know this.
- redis_mlc 7y agoYes to CPAP and BIPAP, for a couple of reasons: 1) Because corona is like altitude sickness, even a little more oxygen in the bloodstream may be sufficient. Chinese doctors recommend and have been using cannulas, CPAPs and BIPAPs. 2) Because ventilator intubation and required anesthetics for out to 21 days is basically a death sentence with 66& to 90% mortality, cannulas, CPAPs and BIPAPs are much better. There are many health problems with ventilators, but forcing air under high pressure into your lungs turns them to mush. The issue with cannulas, CPAPs an BIPAPs is that a breathing corona patient infects bystanders, so in your bedroom you'd want to avoid using AC/heating vents (use a window or quartz heater) and tell your housemates to wear a mask. Good Lancet summary from a Chinese hospital: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30079-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2... The patients on ventilators might be sicker, but they definitely have extremely high mortality. Doctors are looking at how to interpret blood gases to better understand which kind of breathing assistance is actually needed, rather than automatically reaching for a ventilator.
- dragonsngoblins 6y agoThanks, this is pretty interesting stuff