Car Exhaust Therapy For Cardiopulmonary Bypass? A Poison As Protector
Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
A study in Anesthesiology could represent an important step toward the eventual use of carbon monoxide to promote cell survival and reduce lung inflammation in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Scientists used low doses of inhaled CO in pig models while employing beating-heart cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.