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This is a common and known consequence of long term ventilator use generally. It is more common a problem in cardiac patients with cardiopulmonary bypass ("pum
by vanniv 7y ago
This is a common and known consequence of long term ventilator use generally.
It is more common a problem in cardiac patients with cardiopulmonary bypass ("pumphead syndrome") but is apparently a not-uncommon issue with ventilator usage as well
Being on one of those things for even just overnight has potential consequences, and in COVID patients, ventilator use is often extended for extreme durations.
This is just one of the many issues with ventilator use in COVID (survival rates for ventilator use are really bad as it is -- some estimates as low as 20%).
I'm personally very unsure that I would want a ventilator if I were in ICU do to covid.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI had thought that, if I were in the situation, I might volunteer my ventilator to someone else as self-sacrifice. But it sounds like maybe I'd want to voluntarily give up my ventilator as self-defense.
- vanniv 7y agoYeah, there is less and less evidence to support ventilator use for covid these days. Not none. But I don't know that I want to live through 15-25 days on a vent for a 20% chance of survival with near-certainty of severe lung damage and significant risk of delirium or dementia, along with the potential other long-term effects. Not saying that it isn't maybe worth considering, bit it certainly isn't an obvious choice