Donor Care Location Impacts Lung Transplant Recipient Survival
Penn researchers compared lung transplant survival rates between hospital-based and independent donor care units.
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Donor Care Location Impacts Lung Transplant Recipient Survival
Penn researchers compared lung transplant survival rates between hospital-based and independent donor care units.
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Lipid Nanoparticles Can Deliver Therapies Directly to Lungs
Penn engineers have developed a new means of targeting the lungs with lipid nanoparticles—the miniscule capsules used by the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to deliver mRNA—opening the door to novel treatments for pulmonary diseases like cystic fibrosis.
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Pulse Oximeters Did Not Change Home Care COVID Outcomes
Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels at home is no better than regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to NEJM research.
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ECMO as a Resuscitation Strategy?
A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are studying the use of ECMO as a resuscitation strategy for cardiac arrest patients who can’t be resuscitated by conventional means.
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