As a rule of thumb, anybody who is requiring mechanical ventilation and a breathing tube will also require an induced coma. The simple reason for that is that mechanical ventilation and a breathing tube are so uncomfortable that it can’t be tolerated without being induced into a coma. You can find out more about induced coma in general here More @Wikipedia
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