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Oxygen microcapsules could save lives when patients can't breathe Six years ago, Dr. John Khier of Boston Children’s Hospital began investigating the idea of using injectable oxygen on patients whose lungs were incapacitated or whose airways were blocked. He was prompted to do so after a young girl that he was caring for passed away – she succumbed to a brain injury, which resulted when severe pneumonia caused her lungs to stop working properly, which in turn caused her blood oxygen levels to drop too low. Now, Khier is reporting that his team has injected gas-filled microparticles into the bloodstreams of oxygen-deprived lab animals, successfully raising their oxygen levels back to normal levels within seconds... Continue Reading Oxygen microcapsules could save lives when patients can't breathe Section: Health and Wellbeing Tags: Bloodstream, Breathe, Lung, Microcapsules Related Articles: Researchers create artificial lung that works with air rather than pure oxygenMiniature oxygen generator implants to boost effectiveness of cancer treatmentsResearchers create 'living' lung on a chipHead patch measures blood flow in stroke patients' brainsThe Supplemental Oxygen Supply Hood: for dogs that flyStudent-designed device to fight battlefield hypothermia
Oxygen microcapsules could save lives when patients can't breathe
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