Intubation on a patient that does not have an active infection to fight is fine. As others already posted, it damages your lungs, which are badly required and one of the first damaged organs by infection when you have a bad flu.
Your father would have a lung with microlesions, but since both were somewhat healthy to begin with, it wasnt an issue.
Intubation on a patient that does not have an active infection to fight is fine. As others already posted, it damages your lungs, which are badly required and one of the first damaged organs by infection when you have a bad flu.
Your father would have a lung with microlesions, but since both were somewhat healthy to begin with, it wasnt an issue.
no other options when a patient gets under 50% oxy
no other options when a patient gets under 50% oxy
There are multiple options. Theres for instance doing absolutely nothing, which kills less than 90% of the people in these cases.
There are multiple options. Theres for instance doing absolutely nothing, which kills less than 90% of the people in these cases.
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