Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...
MedPage Today

An Infection 'Melted' a Man's Lungs. This Novel ECMO Strategy Helped Keep Him Alive.

To allow a chance for survival, that source of infection had to go. Both lungs were removed and the patient switched to ECMO ...
Endovascular Today

Gore Viatorr TIPS Endoprosthesis’ Expanded Diameter Range Gains CE Mark Approval

Gore & Associates announced European CE Mark approval of a 6- to 10-mm diameter range for the Gore Viatorr TIPS—trans ...
Nature

Prenatal diagnosis from fetal urine in bladder outlet obstruction: Success rates for traditional cytogenetic evaluation and interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization

Purpose: To determine the optimal approach to the prenatal chromosome analysis of fetal urine from fetuses with bladder outlet obstruction. Methods: Retrospective evaluation of traditional cytogenetic ...