Patients can be put on ventilator for many reasons including asthma attack, during surgery, coma, stroke, pneumonia, cardiac failure and pleural effusion, covid 19 etc. Depending upon the reason(s) of being on ventilator, type of condition and severity of condition the survival rate may be different in different cases.
How Long Patients Can Stay on Ventilator?
Depending upon the reason and severity of condition the time to stay on ventilator may vary from few hours to few weeks or even months. For example if a patient is sedated during surgery then use of ventilator may be for few hours only. While patients who are in Coma may stay on ventilator for many months. Some patients seek alternative treatments like homeopathic treatment when they are in Coma on ventilator that may he helpful and may reduce the ventilator dependency, if normal treatment is not responding.
Survival Rate of Ventilator Patients Who Are In ICU
The ventilated patients in ICU are usually in very critical condition. The reason of being in ICU may be severe accident, severe heart attack, pulmonary failure etc. The survival rate in these cases really depends upon severity of condition and at what time patient was brought in to hospital.
Survival Rate of Ventilator Patients With Heart Attack
The first 60-90 minutes are very important. If patient reaches to hospital within 1.5 hrs after an heart attack, the survival rate is very high (90% or above). After 1.5 hours heart muscles stop getting blood supply and start dying. Within 6 hours, all parts and muscles of heart that were effected may become fully damaged and death rate will be very higher.
Burn Patients Survival Rate While on Ventilator
According to different studies, patients with more than 95% body surface area effected with burns had following death rates:
- Children up to 14 years: 50% death rate (50% survival)
- Adults up to 64 years: 25% death rate (75% survival)
- Older patients (Age 65+): 70% death rate (30% survival)
Survival Rate of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Patients
Pneumonia that develops after 48 hours of being intubated and getting ventilation is called VAP (Ventilator Associated Pneumonia). According to different studies, the average survival rate of VAP i2 50-75% but this can reduce to 30% in some severe condition.
What Are Risk Factors That May Effect The Survival Rate of Ventilator Patients
Following are the main factors that determine the survival rate of most of the patients who are on ventilator due to any reason:
- Time at which the patient the patient was brought into hospital. Especially in cases of trauma, injury, accidents, acute heart failure etc. Sooner the patient reaches to hospital, higher is the survival rate and vice versa.
- Presence of Respiratory Failure and Cardiovascular disease increase the risk.
- Age of patient is important. Elder patient have less survival rate as compared to younger.
- If complete failure of an organ occurs, survival rate decreases. For example complete heart failure, both kidneys failure, lungs failure.
- Patient of 3rd degree burns with more than 95% effected body have lower survival rates.
- How good is the ventilator facility at which patient is kept and how good ventilator care and overall care is being done.
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