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Not asking about DIY, but since you are more knowledgeable about medicine than I, you might know. Dialysis exists. Could a variant of a dialysis machine oxygena
by sowbug 7y ago
Not asking about DIY, but since you are more knowledgeable about medicine than I, you might know. Dialysis exists. Could a variant of a dialysis machine oxygenate blood and scrub it of carbon dioxide to treat an ARDS patient? Is the main problem that dialysis can't move a high enough volume of blood to keep a person alive?
- dillondoyle 7y agoIsn't that basically what ECMO is? like a super intense way to do all the things we need to live via our blood outside the body
- iancmceachern 7y agoYes, it's also what a "heart lung machine" is. They even use oxygenators that are very similar in construction to dialyzers used in dialysis.
- DoreenMichele 7y agohttps://www.rtmagazine.com/disorders-diseases/chronic-pulmonary-disorders/cystic-fibrosis/living-without-lungs-for-six-days-saves-cf-patient/ https://www.rtmagazine.com/disorders-diseases/chronic-pulmon...