Estimating the Case Fatality Risk of COVID-19 among Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Federico Angriman^{1

2}, Damon C Scales^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada and.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Federico Angriman et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;203(1):3-4.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202011-4117ED.

Federico Angriman^{1

2}, Damon C Scales^{1

2}

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada and.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Case Fatality Rates for Patients with COVID-19 Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation. A Meta-analysis.
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