Oxygen microcapsules could save lives when patients can't breathe

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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

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