Originally published by our sister publication, Infectious Disease Special Edition.
By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Here are two sobering statistics: In the United States, nearly 90% of COVID-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO due to a shortage died despite being young and relatively healthy. At least 5 million children worldwide lost a parent or guardian because of COVID-19. In other news, researchers found that patients who received a palliative care consultation still received CPR