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COVID-19 Coronavirus => COVID-19 Later Stage and Hospital INpatient Treatments => Topic started by: admin on August 26, 2020, 02:05:07 PM

Title: ECMO stands in for the lungs and the heart
Post by: admin on August 26, 2020, 02:05:07 PM
ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) replaces the functions of both the heart and the lungs.
This expensive end stage device seems to have created a Lazarus effect in at least one case.
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-er-doctor-with-coronavirus-says-tocilizumab-saved-his-life-20200414-24bdl5m7fjfjpowkfedirbood4-story.html