External blood oxygenation saved hundreds of Covid-19 sufferers – study

Adding oxygen to blood using ECMO process found to cause big increase in survival rate in severe casesScores of severely ill Covid-19 sufferers survived because they were given the NHS ’s highest form of intensive care in which an artificial lung breathes for them, astudy has found.Patients in the UK who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) were more likely to survive than those who did not have the treatment, according to the research.Continue reading...
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