I actually thought that too. But I was mistaken. They are not talking strictly about conditions that make you more susceptible to succumb to covid like diabetes or high blood pressure. Look at Table 3.
They are talking about diagnosis on the death certificate. Covid is the direct underlying condition that leads things like ARDS, pneumonia and renal failure that actually kill the patient. No one dies of covid. No one should just have covid on their death certificate and nothing else. The 6% is what is likely the medical error. These are the ones there needs to be an audit to see if they actually died "of covid" instead of "with covid."
The covid related renal failures I have seen were almost always* in patients that had renal issues before hand (acute on chronic). Skipping dialysis is NOT a good idea.
*We have had a few acute kidney dysfunction Covid patients. Usually it was patients with Rhabdo and Covid that we admitted to the hospital. Although it is possible for Covid to cause rhabdomyolysis the cases I have seen have been from some combination of muscle injury, dehydration, infection and substance abuse.
I actually thought that too. But I was mistaken. They are not talking strictly about conditions that make you more susceptible to succumb to covid like diabetes or high blood pressure. Look at Table 3.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
They are talking about diagnosis on the death certificate. Covid is the direct underlying condition that leads things like ARDS, pneumonia and renal failure that actually kill the patient. No one dies of covid. No one should just have covid on their death certificate and nothing else. The 6% is what is likely the medical error. These are the ones there needs to be an audit to see if they actually died "of covid" instead of "with covid."
The covid related renal failures I have seen were almost always* in patients that had renal issues before hand (acute on chronic). Skipping dialysis is NOT a good idea.
*We have had a few acute kidney dysfunction Covid patients. Usually it was patients with Rhabdo and Covid that we admitted to the hospital. Although it is possible for Covid to cause rhabdomyolysis the cases I have seen have been from some combination of muscle injury, dehydration, infection and substance abuse.