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La increíble historia del hombre que vivió 48 horas sin pulmones en EEUU
Quedarse sin pulmones durante días ya no supone necesariamente una sentencia de muerte. Un equipo médico de Estados Unidos logró mantener con vida a […]
TL;DR
- A 33-year-old man survived 48 hours without lungs.
- His lungs were removed due to a severe infection following a flu and bacterial pneumonia.
- An artificial external lung system kept him alive.
- This allowed him time to recover for a double lung transplant.
- The case was published in the journal Med.
- The patient experienced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ failure.