New Covid-19 crisis hits ICUs as more patients need dialysis CNN)Emergency room doctors say they are running into a new crisis as they struggle to treat patients with Covid-19 -- a shortage of dialysis machines and supplies. [size=1.2]They say they are overwhelmed, not only because patients are going into kidney failure, but also because the body's intense reaction to the virus is often causing their blood to clot too much, and the clots are literally clogging up the dialysis filters. [size=1.2]It's part of the new syndrome that doctors are seeing in Covid-19 patients. They are not dying from the pneumonia that has been one of the defining symptoms of serious Covid-19 disease, but from other systemic effects on their hearts and other organs.https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/health/coronavirus-kidney-dialysis-need/index.html
这病毒真是全面选手，directly attack 肺，心脏，肾脏，现在很多病人都是死于这几个重要器官的衰竭。 One day last week, we had 186 patients intubated with Covid," he said. That means they were attached to ventilators to help them breathe. Normally, he added, about 10% of ICU patients would need dialysis. "We're seeing 20% to 30% needing dialysis," Charytan said. And the ICU is normally equipped to handle 118 patients, so 186 patients means a more than 50 % overload. "It's been a real struggle," Charytan added. Lopez said it means making hard choices. "You have to try to decide who's going to get dialysis and who's not," he said.
CNN)Emergency room doctors say they are running into a new crisis as they struggle to treat patients with Covid-19 -- a shortage of dialysis machines and supplies.
[size=1.2]They say they are overwhelmed, not only because patients are going into kidney failure, but also because the body's intense reaction to the virus is often causing their blood to clot too much, and the clots are literally clogging up the dialysis filters.
[size=1.2]It's part of the new syndrome that doctors are seeing in Covid-19 patients. They are not dying from the pneumonia that has been one of the defining symptoms of serious Covid-19 disease, but from other systemic effects on their hearts and other organs.https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/health/coronavirus-kidney-dialysis-need/index.html
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