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		jmccorm on March 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pandemic Ventilator Project Any thoughts as to the early treatment with a medical BiPAP when full-function respirator therapy is not available?

Peradine on March 16, 2020 [–]

Doesn't seem to be very helpful - In a multicenter cohort of 302 patients with MERS coronavirus, 92% of patients treated with BiPAP failed this modality and required intubation (Alraddadi 2019)

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