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If you aren't breathing, where does the CO2 go? :unsure:
 
That's a good point that I didn't even think about. I have no idea...
 
Temporising measure to bridge to ECMO I think.

I guess the pt just doesn't release CO2 and would be reasonably unhealthy by the time they got on bypass.


I don't see much use for it for us. We need to keep them a live a lot longer than a surgical team about to ECMO some chic up.
 
it stays there as does all the waste that builds up. as the article says, there are a bunch of other problems and biological complications associated with the shot, but when the alternative is lack of oxygen to the brain.....and brain death...
 
I guess in a way its sort of the life over limb concept.

Still pretty cool the stuff people are coming up with.
 
Hm alkalosis versus acidosis equals salts and salts need to leave via the kidneys as a rule...and the knee bone's connected to the thymus or something.
 
You could go on and on about the effects of the lack of ventilation, but we know the lack of oxygen will kill...fast.
 
truetiger said:
You could go on and on about the effects of the lack of ventilation, but we know the lack of oxygen will kill...fast.
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Yer, but if you can't do something sensible and simple about that, without resorting to some biochemical pipe dream, they're :censored::censored::censored::censored:ed anyway.
 
^^^ ya, and a catheter and diuretics and electrolytes and a system for monitoring it and... :S

Still awesome and I forsee uses for it. I wish there was more talk about the difficulty of production, and shelf life etc.

Catheter and diuretics could help the fluid overload therefore you may be able to run this longer. Ems ecmo!
 
NYMedic828 said:
I guess in a way its sort of the life over limb concept.

Still pretty cool the stuff people are coming up with.
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I just wish they'd hurry up and come up with a stable blood substitute. One that clotted, carried oxygen..... was cheap.... and didn't cause reactions.... or require refrigeration.

Perhaps one day when we can hang a bag of Haemoxydream, I won't feel bad about killing my trauma patients with fluid resuscitation.

Sigh.
 
LondonMedic said:
Yer, but if you can't do something sensible and simple about that, without resorting to some biochemical pipe dream, they're :censored::censored::censored::censored:ed anyway.
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Think of a status asthma patient where ventilation is impossible. Delivering oxygen via infusion would hopefully be a temporizing measure to prevent arrest and allow medications to work.

I see it as a positive.
 
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