‘Lungs in a Fridge’ Approach Helps Northwestern Medicine Perform Record Lung Transplants
New technologies widen the donor pool and shorten the wait time for patients, including those with advanced-stage cancers.
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‘Lungs in a Fridge’ Approach Helps Northwestern Medicine Perform Record Lung Transplants
New technologies widen the donor pool and shorten the wait time for patients, including those with advanced-stage cancers.
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Surprising Age Groups Have the Worst Long COVID Symptoms
A new study from Northwestern Medicine finds symptoms occurred regardless of mild or severe COVID-19 infection.
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Lung Health Research Gets $22 Million Boost from American Lung Association
The association has invested $22 million in research over the past year, funding 139 grants aimed at improving lung health and advancing treatments for conditions such as asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and respiratory infections.
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Why Aren’t Some Long COVID Patients’ Lungs Healing?
A new study reveals that immune cells, typically involved in lung repair, may instead drive persistent damage and fibrosis in COVID patients, preventing proper healing.
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NIH Grant Funds Research into Neutrophils’ Role in Lung Health
The $12 million NIH grant will fund research on how lung neutrophils contribute to injury, inflammation, and repair in severe respiratory conditions.
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Surgeons Remove Entire Lung Using Robot-assisted Surgery
Northwestern Medicine surgeons have successfully removed an entire lung using high-precision robot-assisted surgery on a patient with stage 3 lung cancer.
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Surgeons Used Breast Implants During Double-Lung Transplant
Northwestern Medicine surgeons removed a 34-year-old’s infected lungs, created an artificial lung to keep him alive, placed breast implants inside the chest cavity to keep the heart in place, and completed a double-lung transplant within 24 hours.
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Spinal Cord Stimulator Helps Respiratory Therapist Get Back to Work
An implanted spinal cord stimulator has helped respiratory therapist Brenda Sharp overcome chronic back pain and return to work as an RT.
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Northwestern Medicine Completes First Endobronchial Valve Procedure
Northwestern Medicine’s Palos Hospital recently conducted its first endobronchial valve procedure using Pulmonx’s Zephyr EBV system.
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Sepsis Cases on the Rise in 2023
Northwestern Medicine’s Delnor Hospital has seen a 10% increase in the total number of sepsis patients and a 33% increase in patients who arrived in severe sepsis in the last fiscal year.
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Illinois Hospital Opens Simulation Center
Northwestern Medicine’s Lake Forest Hospital recently opened a new 14,000 sq-ft simulation and education center designed for hospital staff, first responders, local colleges and community organizations.
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Cognitive Dysfunction Differs in Long COVID Patients if They Were Hospitalized
Neurological symptoms, findings, and patterns of cognitive dysfunction differ between long COVID patients who were hospitalized during their acute infection and those who didn’t require hospitalization.
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Ex vivo Lung Perfusion Device Facilitates Lung Transplantation
To help expand the lung transplant donor pool, Northwestern Medicine is now using a device called XPS, which is used for ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP).
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Improving Community Hospital Access to ECMO
Northwestern Medicine created a mobile ECMO unit called the Regional Lung Rescue Program to provide community hospitals access to ECMO therapy.
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