COVID-19 China: Many Patients Who Died Had Delayed Ventilator Aid

COVID-19 China: Many Patients Who Died Had Delayed Ventilator Aid

Only about one-fifth of patients who died of COVID-19 received invasive mechanical ventilation and further aggressive respiratory support prior to death, according to a study which assessed the clinical characteristics of patients with novel coronavirus infection in China.

The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, assessed data obtained from 21 hospitals in Wuhan, China of the demographic, comorbidity, and respiratory support provided to 168 patients who died of COVID-19 between January 21 to 30.