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Re-purposed lung machine at UAB does it again — now saving those with life-threatening flu

by Jim Bakken

January 17, 2014
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A machine designed for use in heart-lung bypass surgeries earlier this year is being re-purposed again to save those with extremely severe cases of flu, University of Alabama at Birmingham officials announced.Fifteen severely ill flu patients have received a chance for another breath thanks to the last-resort therapy employing the ECMO.

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