Awake proning reduces need for intubation in severe Covid

nanis wrote: post #3

paviva wrote: post #2

One of co-authors here. -- AMA.

What proportion of the early wave of deaths in Covid was due to premature intubation, in your guesstimation? Thank you.

Probably significant. In this population of very severe patients, mortality was "only" 25% in patients managed without proning. Compare with mortalities around ~50% reported early into the pandemic in comparable populations.

Obviously difficult to say which part comes from patients presenting later in their disease course, doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists being overwhelmed with sudden influx of cases, and so forth -- and which can be directly attributed to premature and unwarranted intubation.

Re: Awake proning reduces need for intubation in severe Covid

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Post by nanis » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 2:27 AM UTC

paviva wrote: post #4

nanis wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What proportion of the early wave of deaths in Covid was due to premature intubation, in your guesstimation? Thank you.

Probably significant. In this population of very severe patients, mortality was "only" 25% in patients managed without proning. Compare with mortalities around ~50% reported early into the pandemic in comparable populations. Obviously difficult to say which part comes from patients presenting later in their disease course, doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists being overwhelmed with sudden influx of cases, and s…

Thank you. That's informative.