The reason for the lockdowns was so hospitals wouldn’t run out of ventilators. Now we find ventilators often do more harm than good!

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Are doctors HARMING patients by ventilating them too soon? As 80% of NYC coronavirus patients on ventilators die – and doctors search for other ways to help them breathe

8 April 2020

At least 80 percent of coronavirus patients in New York City who have been put on a ventilator have died.

As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can.

The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and some doctors worry that the machines could be harming certain patients.

Mechanical ventilators push oxygen into patients whose lungs are failing. Using the machines involves sedating a patient and sticking a tube into the throat. …

But some health professionals have wondered whether ventilators might actually make matters worse in certain patients, perhaps by igniting or worsening a harmful immune system reaction.

That’s speculation. But experts do say ventilators can be damaging to a patient over time, as high-pressure oxygen is forced into the tiny air sacs in a patient’s lungs.

‘We know that mechanical ventilation is not benign,’ said Dr Eddy Fan, an expert on respiratory treatment at Toronto General Hospital.

‘One of the most important findings in the last few decades is that medical ventilation can worsen lung injury…

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