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> 25% mortality for COVID patients on a ventilator That sounds more like the typical result for ventilators.[1] I think it's more like 80% fatality on ventila
by scottlocklin 6y ago
> 25% mortality for COVID patients on a ventilator
That sounds more like the typical result for ventilators.[1]
I think it's more like 80% fatality on ventilators for this disease[2][3][4]. According to the published literature of course; I ain't that kind of doctor, but based on what is known, if someone comes near me with one of those things, well, they won't be a doctor for long either.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0531556516301401 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S05315...
[2] https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736(20)30566-3 https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736(20)3...
[3] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184
[4] https://www.physiciansweekly.com/mortality-rate-of-covid-19-patients-on-ventilators/ https://www.physiciansweekly.com/mortality-rate-of-covid-19-...
- carbocation 6y agoOne of the articles that you’re citing (#3) had a correction due to a statistical error and they are now citing a ~25% mortality, not dissimilar to our data. Theirs and ours may end up higher than they are now once the final patient is discharged, but the current US numbers are more like 20-25% mortality on ventilators at this point rather than 85%.
- scottlocklin 6y agoCan you provide any evidence of this? I certainly don't see any in the literature, which I follow closely enough to keep notes on subjects like this.