A total artificial lung system developed at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine kept a patient alive for 48 hours after lung removal and prior to lung transplant, according to a study publishing Jan.

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The patient, a 33-year-old ...

Living without lungs for two full days sounds like science fiction, but Northwestern Medicine surgeons pulled off exactly that feat in spring 2023. Their patient-a 33-year-old Missouri man dying from ...

A groundbreaking case published this week in the journal Med reported the successful use of an external, artificial lung system to sustain a critically ill patient for 48 hours after the complete ...

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron participate in live fire training exercise April 2, 2014, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Teams from the Dyess Fire Department and ...