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		chrisco255 on May 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Cytokine Storm” Debunked: Machine Learning Expose... > The investigators found nearly half of patients with COVID-19 develop a secondary ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia. This seems to imply that usage of ventilators promotes the development of bacterial pneumonia.

surgeryres on May 7, 2023 | [–]

VAP (ventilator associated pneumonia) is a known morbidity of mechanical ventilation. ICU protocols are much improved these days to combat it (oral hygiene, suctioning, early extubation protocols etc).

Traubenfuchs on May 7, 2023 | [–]

That‘s ancient knowledge.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1592694/

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