THE HUMAN BODY can only go without oxygen for 4 minutes before there’s irreversible brain damage. Death follows 4 to 6 ...

Missouri patient survives double-lung transplant after innovative 48-hour bridge therapy removes infected lungs, offering new ...

Scientists kept a patient alive using artificial lung system for 48 hours to clear a deadly infection before a successful ...

The 33-year-old patient arrived in dire straits, struck by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) triggered by the flu and worsened by bacterial pneumonia.

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By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed irreversible damage, and made transplantation ...

A 33-year-old patient at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital was kept alive for 48 hours using artificial lungs after surgeons removed both organs. This gave them time for a successful double ...

In the spring of 2023, a 33-year-old man arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago with lungs that were rapidly shutting down. What started as a bout of influenza had spiraled into acute ...

Researchers suggest "total artificial lung" approach might make double-lung transplant saf ...

In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for 48 hours without a pair of lungs, while he waited for a double lung transplant – a radical approach ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) systems have achieved a breakthrough in sustaining the life of a critically ill ...