Can Blood Oxygen Help Patients With COVID-19? Published May 1st, 2021 - 04:37 GMT
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Blood oxygenation helps patients with severe COVID-19
Blood oxygenation treatment helps patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 recover, and without lingering side effects or complications, a study presented Friday during the American Association for Thoracic Surgery annual meeting found.
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Nearly 70% of patients treated with the approach, called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, were discharged from the hospital, and more than 90% were recovering at home three months later, the data showed.
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