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I saw this linked from another comment on HN, but Dr Kyle-Sidell, an ICU doc in NYC, is trying to figure out why COVID-19 patients aren't responding to typical

I saw this linked from another comment on HN, but Dr Kyle-Sidell, an ICU doc in NYC, is trying to figure out why COVID-19 patients aren't responding to typical treatment protocols on Twitter[0] and YouTube[1]. His current theory is that pulmonary edema at the capillary-alveolar interface could be causing diffusion issues, which a ventilator would not directly address. [0] - https://mobile.twitter.com/cameronks https://mobile.twitter.com/cameronks [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRlvX3VrAQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRlvX3VrAQ

TMWNN 6y ago
I've heard it speculated that the thing to do may be to not put people on ventilators, but give them blood transfusions. Where I heard this: https://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16122794&cid=59921250 https://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16122794&cid=59... https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-...