Chinese Man Survives After Heart Stops Beating for 40 Hours
Medical team uses ECMO life-support machine to save 40-year-old cardiac arrest patient in Zhejiang
En resumen
- A 40-year-old man in China survived after his heart stopped beating for 40 hours, marking what doctors are calling a remarkable recovery.
- Emergency medical teams at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine used extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to keep the patient alive despite having no detectable heartbeat after multiple electric defibrillations.
- The case was shared on social media by emergency doctor Lu Xiao, who has three million followers.
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Por qué importa
ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) is a life-support machine that acts as an artificial heart and lung, adding oxygen to and removing carbon dioxide from the blood supply of people whose organs have failed. This technology has been used in critical care settings worldwide.
A Chinese man has miraculously survived after his heart stopped beating for 40 hours, sparking an online discussion about the latest life-saving medical techniques. The case came to light after emergency doctor Lu Xiao from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine posted it on his social media account, which has three million followers. Lu said the 40-year-old man had a cardiac arrest and no heartbeat could be found after several electric defibrillations. The medical team performed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on the man and eventually saved his life despite his heart having stopped beating for nearly two days. ECMO is a life-support machine that acts as an artificial heart and lung, adding oxygen to and removing carbon dioxide from the blood supply of people whose organs have failed.
Preguntas abiertas
- What was the specific cause of the cardiac arrest?
- What is the patient's current condition?
- How long was the patient on ECMO?
