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Not a doctor. But I am seeing growing evidence that ventilators are overused potentially. From ref [1]: > But as doctors learn more about treating Covid-19, an
by dfsegoat 7y ago
Not a doctor. But I am seeing growing evidence that ventilators are overused potentially. From ref [1]:
> But as doctors learn more about treating Covid-19, and question old dogma about blood oxygen and the need for ventilators, they might be able to substitute simpler and more widely available devices.
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> "In a small study last week in Annals of Intensive Care, physicians who treated Covid-19 patients at two hospitals in China found that the majority of patients needed no more than a nasal cannula."
1 - https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-...
- sod 7y agoThat's what I heard as well from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dwcfye7_LQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dwcfye7_LQ Maybe not overused, but wrongly applied. He cites a doctor from new york in the video and two sources in the video description.
- imhoguy 7y agoMore sources: https://time.com/5818547/ventilators-coronavirus/ https://time.com/5818547/ventilators-coronavirus/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/intensive-care-doctors-question-overly-aggressive-use-ventilators/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...