At 15:28 21/03/2020, Facundo Muñoz Viera wrote:
>Not exactly what you asked for, but this [1]
>report from the Imperial College provides
>estimates of fatality rates of infected
>individuals and proportion of cases requiring ICU. The relevant table is this:
Thanks. Needless to say, I've seen that, and I
think it goes a long way to re-inforce the thoughts I posted a few minutes ago.
That table indicates that 71% of patients aged
80+ (and 43% of those aged 70-79) hospitalised
with Covid-19 infection 'required' intensive
care. If the implication is that they not only
'required' intensive care but also received it,
that is dramatically different from my
experiences of elderly patients with pneumonia due to other causes.
Albeit in the fairly distant past, I must have
seen countless patients aged 80+ (and 70-80) who
had been hospitalised because of pneumonia, but I
think I would struggle to recall any who had got
anywhere near an intensive care unit.
Hence my previous comments and questions remain!
Kind Regards,
John
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