How Coronavirus Kills: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) & COVID 19 Treatment
What it is
A pulmonologist and critical care physician explains how COVID-19 can lead to pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. He covers evidence-based ARDS treatments such as low tidal volume ventilation.
Why Hacker News recommends it
In early 2020 HN commenters linked it as a clear explanation of how the virus kills through lung failure and why ventilator choices matter, notably in ventilator design threads.
- 3 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2020
What HN commenters said
“see this informative explanation”
Informative explanation of ARDS and its treatment
hybrid_cluster, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency”
“explaining how the virus eventually kills by causing failure of the lungs”
Explains how the virus kills through lung failure
taf2, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Low-Cost Arduino-Based Ventilator”
“It shows why machines like CPAP aren't appropriate too.”
ARDS in COVID and why CPAP is inappropriate
brigandish, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “E-VENT: Emergency ventilator design toolbox”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: ards, covid-19, ventilators, critical care, pneumonia
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