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Originally Posted by joeychitwood
Personal communication from a colleague in Detroit regarding mandatory Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders for Coronavirus patients:
....the percentage of patients put on a ventilator who eventually get off them is in the single digits, and most of those are younger. Some US hospitals haven't been able to successfully wean anyone off ventilator support.
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This must be getting out there because Dr. Birx was asked about it in the press conference today and stated:
"Please for the reassurance of people around the world, to wake up this morning and look at people talking about creating DNR situations, Do Not Resuscitate situations for patients, there is no situation in the United States right now that warrants that kind of discussion."
She may have been talking about it in the context of ventilator availability. I'm sure it is a hot topic in the medical community right now.
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