Guillain-Barré Syndrome Presenting as Pseudo-Cerebellar Syndrome: A Case Report from a Resource-Limited Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is the most frequent cause of acute ...

Two years later, he's alive and well.

Researchers evaluate the effectiveness of a novel extracorporeal total artificial lung system to enable bilateral pneumonectomy in patients with severe ARDS.

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 ...

A novel external artificial lung system sustained an adult man for approximately 2 days after his irreversibly diseased lungs ...

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 ...

Discover what happens when Nipah virus infects the body, its early symptoms, effects on lungs and brain, and the latest cases ...

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.

In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for 48 hours without a pair ...

Surgeons have reported a rare medical case in which artificial lungs kept a man alive for two days after doctors removed both of his diseased lungs, buying crucial time until donor organs became ...

To allow a chance for survival, that source of infection had to go. Both lungs were removed and the patient switched to ECMO with a flow-adaptive shunt between the right pulmonary artery and right ...