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EPISODE · May 10, 2020 · 1 MIN

Blood Thinners Help Save CoVid Patients

from Dr. Howard Smith OnCall · host Howard G. Smith MD, AM

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SS29i0B3sXo   Coronavirus patients fighting for their lives on ventilators were twice as likely to survive if they received blood thinning drugs as part of their therapy.  Researchers at New York City’s giant Mt. Sinai Hospital system now report their analysis of 2,773 CoVid-infected patients.   Twenty-eight percent received powerful therapeutic blood thinning regimens used for lung, heart, or brain clots.  The ventilated patients on blood thinning experienced a 29% mortality while those untreated had a 63% mortality.  Untoward bleeding occurred in 3% of thinned patients versus 2% of unthinned patients.   We know that CoVid triggers enhanced blood clotting.  Effectively treating it saves lives and sometimes limbs.   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109720352189?via%3Dihub   #covid #coronavirus #clotting #anticoagulants covid, coronavirus, clotting, anticoagulants

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