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The median time to recovery in a group of 1,800 vaccinated and unvaccinated adults (median age: 48 years) was essentially the same whether the patients received ivermectin or placebo: 12 and 13 days, respectively. Death rate was slightly higher in the ivermectin group and rates of pneumonia and VTE were slightly higher in the placebo group.

This study of 2,500 adults receiving mechanical ventilation randomized 1/3 were assigned to an exigent saturation target pf 90%, 1/3 to a target of 94%, and 1/3 to a target of 98%. The median number of ventilator-free days was 20, 21, and 21 for the three target groups, respectively. In-hospital death by day 28 was 34.8%, 34.0%, and 33.2% for the three groups, respectively.