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How much survival chances in ventilator a covid patient have ?? Does body fat leads to disadvantage for covid
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Very less survival chances for COVID19 positive patients on ventilation. Thats why the lastest guideline is instructing us to delay the ventilation.
A significant number of the deaths due to COVID19 in western countries and China is due to obesity which is also directly associated with hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases.
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