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Doctors See Increase in Dangerous Flu Cases at UIHC
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Doctors at UIHC are dealing with more dangerous flu cases in recent weeks than normal.
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?I had influenza B with pneumonia,? Kent said. ?I almost died.?
Kent credits Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, or ECMO, for saving her life. It?s a treatment that is normally used to help infants breathe, but in recent years doctors have found a way to treat adults with the technology, Lynch said.
?We are getting busier and busier, so we are doing 20 adults or so a year, when five years ago, we weren?t doing any,? said Lynch.
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Doctors See Increase in Dangerous Flu Cases at UIHC
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Doctors at UIHC are dealing with more dangerous flu cases in recent weeks than normal.
...
?I had influenza B with pneumonia,? Kent said. ?I almost died.?
Kent credits Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, or ECMO, for saving her life. It?s a treatment that is normally used to help infants breathe, but in recent years doctors have found a way to treat adults with the technology, Lynch said.
?We are getting busier and busier, so we are doing 20 adults or so a year, when five years ago, we weren?t doing any,? said Lynch.
...more at link