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		sowbug on March 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open-source “pandemic ventilator” Not asking about DIY, but since you are more knowledgeable about medicine than I, you might know. Dialysis exists. Could a variant of a dialysis machine oxygenate blood and scrub it of carbon dioxide to treat an ARDS patient? Is the main problem that dialysis can't move a high enough volume of blood to keep a person alive?

dillondoyle on March 1, 2020 | [–]

Isn't that basically what ECMO is? like a super intense way to do all the things we need to live via our blood outside the body

iancmceachern on March 1, 2020 | | [–]

Yes, it's also what a "heart lung machine" is. They even use oxygenators that are very similar in construction to dialyzers used in dialysis.

DoreenMichele on March 1, 2020 | [–]

https://www.rtmagazine.com/disorders-diseases/chronic-pulmon...

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