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cord-256157-jbidxfk0	Ñamendys-Silva, Silvio A.	Hospital mortality in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in Mexico	2020-09-30		.txt	text/plain	561	43	55	title: Hospital mortality in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in Mexico A total of 505,751 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 55,293 deaths have been reported in Mexico [2], and 2.5% of these patients have required endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation [2] . This report describes the sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated adults with COVID-19 in Mexico. A total of 57.6% (n = 6928) of the patients were mechanically ventilated outside of the intensive care units ( Figure S1 ) (supplementary material). As shown in this report, the availability of sufficient numbers of beds with ventilators does not ensure improvement in the prognoses of patients with COVID-19. Beyond the quantity of beds with ventilators, there may also be concerns about the quality of care, as has been suggested by the high mortality rate for intubated COVID-19 patients in Mexico. However, it is useful to present the general overview of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in Mexico.	./cache/cord-256157-jbidxfk0.txt	./txt/cord-256157-jbidxfk0.txt