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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by naveen99 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:53PM (#22724229)
Mortality from ARDS is 50% even with ventilators. Source: wife is a pulmonologist and I am a radiologist.
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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by petertodd on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:22PM (#22724380)
Are there other reasons why C19 patients would need ventilators? Or is ARDS the main reason?

Is that mortality rate consistent across different underlying causes?

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Re:The death toll for Covid-19 in Nembro, Italy by naveen99 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:46PM (#22724487)
ARDS is the main reason. 40% mortality from just ARDS. Mortality goes up with covid19, age, sepsis, and renal failure.
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