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Chicago doctors keep patient alive for 48 hours without lungs
The patient was able to stay alive without the presence of any lungs for 48 hours before receiving a double transplant.
Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.
The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable.
Only about 150 to 200 lung transplants are carried out in the UK each year and it can be hard to find a suitable donor ...
To allow a chance for survival, that source of infection had to go. Both lungs were removed and the patient switched to ECMO ...
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