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>so we know most ICU patients are ventilated This is where your logic fails. Most patients in the ICU at this point in time are ventilated. That doesn't (nec
by treis 7y ago
>so we know most ICU patients are ventilated
This is where your logic fails. Most patients in the ICU at this point in time are ventilated. That doesn't (necessarily) mean that most patients that went to the ICU were ventilated. Those that are ventilated will stay in the ICU for weeks. Those that aren't might only be there for a few days.
- Slartie 7y agoThat uncertainty is why I already considered my calculation to be a rough estimate with a relatively large error window. But it is not large enough to allow the true percentage to even come close to 90%. For that, huge numbers of patients would have to be in ICU for a single day only, which is a ridiculous assumption.