Dr. Mehmet Oz tells ‘Fox & Friends’ that President Trump being discharged from the hospital could ‘make perfect sense’ depending on his ‘oxygenation.’
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Supporters,
Brian, not a dull moment,
lets bring in Dr Mehmet OZ of
Dr Oz, show,
given that the president has
steroids five days of remdesivir,
two or three days in on it. Are you
surprised,
surprised that he can in fact
be released today? Is that
something that you would advise,
Dr Oz? It depends oxygenation
Brian
fatigue and other complaints
like fever
number one is oxygenation level
and given medications because of
oxygen levels that were dropping.
Ninety four percent
theyve been above that now for
two days from what we understand.
It would be reasonable to
consider discharging him
by the way they may have
scanned his lungs.
You dont usually do it here
that helps us look for evidence
and infection in lungs that are
arent manifest from the
outside. You cant tell from
looking at oxygen levels, but
many people with Covid have
areas of the lungs that are
inflamed and if you didnt have
a lot of those, it would be
additional evidence that its
safe to go back home
Steve. We have been hearing
about new drug, that is, people
have not heard about so far
during the coronavirus pandemic.
One of them was regeneron, which
apparently they gave the
president early on, and then we
heard that hes also being
treated with some sort of a
super steroid called
dexamethasone, which I read some
comments by other doctors, who
said you know you only give
that to the really sick people.
Dr Oz. Well, dexamethasone is
recommended now by the NIH by
the World Health Organization.
It is given and recommended if
patients need oxygen and the
president did need oxygen,
usually given a little later in
the course. But I sent you an
animation. If you send it, it can
be helpful.
The virus seeing virus
particles proteins. They are
looking for areas and going to
the presidents nose a couple of
days he tested positive down to throats and into the lungs and
throats and into the lungs and
set up shop and begin
irritation. They relieve lots of
virus which is exploding through
here
thats the problem that by
itself doesnt hurt people as
badly as what happens
afterwards,
when the virus is creating lots
of area the immune system, white
cells come in and attack and
they start to fill up the lung
and especially the Alviola
Purple, little sacks with fluid,
and if you wait too long, you
have lots of damage to the lung
and what dexamethasone is stops
it to its track.
Dexamethasone is a have you a
very powerful one and it has
been remarkable game changer in
the treatment of Covid 19.
In fact, one big takeaway
message from the presidents
treatment and ive got the head
of regeneron coming on the show.
We have a lot of solutions. None
of them are curious. Coupled
together we reduced mortality
rate of the horrible virus and
thats good NEWS for everybody
Ainsley. What did you think when
you saw the president coming out
and seeing the people he was
inside the cars Windows Roland
up and everybody had a mask on.
We dont know if the secret
service had been pokes ed before
or if they had covid or there
was a partition in between front
seat and backseat.
What did you think
they said? Appropriate
precautions were taken.
Dr Oz, ive heard everything
that youve said and ive spoken
to physicians.
Some of us dont understand.
We wouldnt have done that for a
patient under our care because
coming patient in Icu or
hospital bed, where theres air
being taken out of the room and
youre able to keep social
distancing but theres many
factors. As you point out
Brian right, we will see how
that goes.
The other thing is, could you
tell us about the decision that
went into that Nonfda the
Nonfda approved drug Regeneron,
that is for compassionate use,
the decision to use that in
days what went into that? What
were they hoping for,
Dr Oz? What regeneron does that
and theres also plasma which we
talked about in the show fluid
for people that are suffering
regeneron made a modern version
they picked a few antibodies
specifically targeted against
covid.
Here is the game plan. You want
to go in there and knock out the
virus. Thats overwhelming you so
that your immune system can
catch up.
If youre going to use it, you
should use it early, which is
what they did.
Interestingly, there was a study
in the past week with regeneron
showing benefit when used in
that setting,
not enough data to approve it
for the FDA, but enough that the
physician taking care of the
President thought it was
reasonable to try with him,
buys him time. So his immune
system can catch up.
If thats, not enough by itself,
you can then give remdesivir and
prevents the virus from
replicating in the cell.
You can block it from getting
into your cells and stop. It are
reproducing in your cells and if
its reproducing and Causingen
Flammation, you can knock it with
dexamethasone
those are belt and suspenders
tackling the virus at every
level where it can hurt us.
Tactics like that are how we are
managing Covid 19 in the
country
we dont have access to
regeneron yet, but the family of medications will gain acceptance.
Medications will gain acceptance
and, in the meantime, Convalesence
plasma a big pioneer in it. It
really does seem to matter, which
is why its been around for
decades Steve, we dont know
whether or not the president
will be released today and the
presumption is that he will go
to the White House. The worry is
that he would be doing too much
and might get exhausted and
relapse or get worse again,
but going forward for the next
period of time isnt. The key
just rest,
Dr Oz, you know im a big
advocate for sleep. As I know you
are it matters its one of the
challenges the White House are
having to giving body time to
recover.
The key window is five to ten days.
Theres always a chance, and the
medical staff taking care of the
president is acutely aware of
this, that he could still have a
relapse, and we want to prevent
that
and the second reality I might
show today a test medical
doctor. They are all saying the
same thing.
You have all the capability in
the White House that you have at
Walter Reed, so theyll be able
to care for the president. That
might not be true for the
average person discharged from
the hospital,
its not like hes just going
home
hes going to the White House,
Steve Great, show
Brian four G, great guest, that I
we just stumbled into.
You did give us animation.
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