How dangerous is the corona virus? A first study on autopsied people with Covid19 provides information on treatment methods - also for risk groups.
- In connection with the coronavirus * , research * is carried out in a wide variety of disciplines.
- The Hamburg pathologist Klaus Püschel wants to learn from the dead for the living.
- With his results and statements, he has already sparked controversial discussions.
Hamburg - Prof. Dr. Klaus Püschel polarizes: On the whole, his research results coincide with other research on the corona virus - but what he communicates is often associated with clear instructions for action and is rather emotional and personal - and he draws different conclusions than some other researchers. An ARD Youtuber had only made a video about the difficulties of communicating scientific results.
Klaus Püschel, Director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, considers the corona pandemic in D to be manageable: "It has never been so threatening [like IT], not even here in D." Rather, there is a risk that such images influence too much https://t.co/Pmd4ZH9wjs
- Stefan Karl (@StefGKarl) May 8, 2020In the study presented at the Hamburg University Hospital on May 8 , 190 patients who died in connection with the coronavirus were autopsied. The doctors hope that the results will provide insights for the treatment of Covid-19 patients . The study is the world's first published post-mortem study.
Coronavirus study from Hamburg: forensic doctor Püschel wants to read statistics differently
The start of the press event sounded reassuring: there was an official death rate of 3.5 percent in Hamburg, but cautiously estimated the death rate is probably less than two percent, according to Püschel - the medical care system works well.
Ultimately, the causes of death were always infections of the respiratory tract and the lungs - but this could also be due to previous diseases of the lungs and bacterial infections from ventilation - in this respect, these viral infections are something special.
With the individual specializations, all organ systems would now be checked and thus more specific treatment options developed - this also applies to risk groups * .
He suggests reading statistics * the other way round and says: "We are clearly on the descending leg of a relatively broad wave of deaths: we have fewer and fewer deaths, not always more."
Coronavirus study: It has never been as threatening as in Italy
In Northern Germany in particular, Püschel's assessment was never of a horrific scenario similar to that threatening *, as would have been suggested by pictures from Italy.
Jan Sperhake and Hans Kluge, co-authors of the study on twelve deceased patients, summarize the results as follows:
- Heavy, firm lungs can also be seen with the naked eye
- Every second to have thrombosis in the legs, with any third party embolism in the body can be found
- Heart and lung diseases, overweight or underweight, dementia and cancer had existed in parallel in many deceased
The results would suggest that blood thinning treatments should often be thought of earlier - but it remains unclear whether death could have prevented them.
Hamburg medical examiner about the corona virus: "This is not a killer virus" - "Fear is superfluous"
After the press conference, Püschel's statements about the danger of the virus remain : "This is not a killer virus, but a form of a pandemic." He also said: "Fear is superfluous."
* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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