Coronavirus latest news: Boris Johnson in intensive care

Telegraph UK ^ | 4/6/2020 | Telegraph

[StAnDeliver]

Maybe they are using Raoult’s protocol but Boris is showing minor QT prolongation and they need CCU room, or if they’re going to switch to remdesivir now, can have some minor side effects. But if he’s getting antibody plasma and either treatment above, and is still sliding sideways, got to turn it around by Wednesday...

[Seaplaner]

Not age. Underlying medical conditions. #1. BMI > 30 with diabetes. #2. Heart condition #3. Lung condition

Johnson has these conditions?

Not the best news.

Is/was he a smoker?

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[RoseofTexas]

Lord please don't let the invisible enemy win..please dear lord! 🙏🏻

[romanesq]

“He wouldn’t be in ICU if he wasn’t on a vent.”

Thanks I was afraid of that but didn’t want to believe the worst as they story didn’t say anything about it.

[FormerFRLurker]

Prayers are up.

[eastexsteve]

Well, somebody just needs to call over there and tell him it’s just the flu!

[FormerFRLurker]

What’s ECMO?

And I don’t think that’s exclusive to the UK. Does anyone here actually think they have access to the same quality of health care as our “betters” in Congress?

[cherry]

not true....many people go to the ICU for closer observation , in normal times anyway...sometimes they go for certain drug administrations.

lets just pray....we can't afford to loose him.....

[TexasGator]

“Every day, drop that rate by 10 points. 4 or 5 days on a vent and he is not going to make it.”

If you are put on a ventilator it drops to almost zero.

[dfwgator]

So those Russian reports may have been right after all.

Damn, this is not good at all.

[MplsSteve]

Ruh-roh.

[HamiltonJay]

Damn... I things improve for him quickly.

[RoseofTexas]

That was my question.. is he at least been given those medicines! Dear God please help him!!🙏🏻

[TexasGator]

“Johnson has these conditions?”

I have no idea.

[cherry]

at my hospital, sometimes a patient needing an acute coronary care bed is sent to ICU if no acute coronary beds are available...

this man is an important man, and he needs to be saved...

[wastoute]

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. An “artificial lung”.

[HangnJudge]

https://covid19treatmentprotocols.blogspot.com/
Some useful Go-To protocols out there

[romanesq]

“Damn, this is not good at all.”

Hi gator, yeah, it’s time for us to offer some prayers up for Boris Johnson.

[Mom MD]

Not true we have successfully extubated multiple COVID patients

[CedarDave]

Very much restricted. From your link:

Clinical trials are ongoing to test chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as an agent in the treatment of COVID-19 or to prevent COVID-19 infection. These clinical trials are still not completed, so no conclusions have been reached on the safety and effectiveness of this medicine to treat or prevent COVID-19.

Until we have clear, definitive evidence that these treatments are safe and effective for the treatment of COVID-19, they should only be used for this purpose within a clinical trial.