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Total artificial lung buys 48 hours of life before double lung transplant

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Total artificial lung buys 48 hours of life before double lung transplant
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Northwestern surgeons used a total artificial lung (TAL) with dual blood flow and a flow-adaptive shunt to oxygenate blood after removing the patient’s infected lungs, keeping him alive for 48 hours until a donor double-lung transplant could be performed. The patient recovered with fully functioning lungs over time, suggesting TALs could be a lifesaving option for select severe ARDS cases and potentially be integrated into standard devices in the future.

Topics:top-newshealth#ards#bilateral-pneumonectomy#donor-lungs#double-lung-transplant#health#total-artificial-lung
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