"A team from UChicago Medicine’s emergency room took dozens of COVID-19 patients who were in respiratory distress and gave them HFNCs instead of putting them on ventilators. ...only one of them required intubation after 10 days."https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/uchicago-medicine-doctors-see-truly-remarkable-success-using-ventilator-alternatives-to-treat-covid19 …
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Replying to @paulg
This isn’t a deviation from what’s been done in WA and other hospitals since the beginning. Vast majority of patients recover after 5-6 days of nasal cannula 5L-6L O2. Proning is a relatively recent shift, but try telling old people they need to be face down for days.
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Replying to @sacca
Chris, why is proning/"grilling" uncomfortable for older people?
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Replying to @RubeHeretic @sacca
try it sometime while sick with a couple of IV lines in place...
our rule of thumb is if patient needs to be able to reposition themself to awake prone position for it to be helpful
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