For COVID-19 patients, life after ventilators plagued with challenges

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/road-to-recovery-plagued-with-challenges-for-covid-19-patients-628370

Ventilated patients can lose their independent capacity to breathe. Some people are presenting with small blood clots.

Most COVID-19 patients who are placed on a mechanical ventilator do not survive, according to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. However, for those who do, the road to recovery is much longer than one might expect.