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Re:“Cytokine Storm” Debunked: Machine Learning Exposes Kille... by chrisco255 on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:40PM (#35855877)
> The investigators found nearly half of patients with COVID-19 develop a secondary ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia.

This seems to imply that usage of ventilators promotes the development of bacterial pneumonia.

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Re:“Cytokine Storm” Debunked: Machine Learning Exposes Kille... by surgeryres on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:57PM (#35856005)
VAP (ventilator associated pneumonia) is a known morbidity of mechanical ventilation. ICU protocols are much improved these days to combat it (oral hygiene, suctioning, early extubation protocols etc).
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Re:“Cytokine Storm” Debunked: Machine Learning Exposes Kille... by Traubenfuchs on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:58PM (#35856014)
That‘s ancient knowledge.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1592694/

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