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Vaccination status, mortality among intubated patients with COVID-19–related acute respiratory distress syndrome

About The Study: Full vaccination status compared with controls was associated with lower mortality among critically ill patients who required invasive mechanical ventilation owing to COVID-19–related acute respiratory distress syndrome in this study including 265 patients. These results may inform discussions with families about prognosis.

Authors: Ilias I. Siempos, M.D., D.Sc., of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School in Athens, Greece, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.35219)

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