Articles tagged with 'lung' | Northwestern Medicine

Northwestern Medicine Newsroom (lung)

2023
February
15,
2023
| 08:10 AM America/Chicago
When medications and breathing machines aren’t enough, ECMO can serve as a ‘bridge’ to medical improvement or a lung transplant
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2022
December
20,
2022
| 14:23 PM America/Chicago
The 32-year-old received a “Christmas miracle” last year when she walked into one of the few hospitals in the U.S. to offer specialized surgery for CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension)...
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November
23,
2022
| 09:55 AM America/Chicago
Born in the Philippines, Patricio Collera moved to the United States and worked as a Northwestern Medicine nurse for several years. On Aug. 24, he received the call that organs were available. Thanksgiving Day marks three months since receiving the l...
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September
27,
2022
| 17:20 PM America/Chicago
Itasca firefighters transported 34-year-old Frank Nunez home to Crystal Lake, Illinois, along with his fiancé and family dog
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August
11,
2022
| 20:01 PM America/Chicago
After being hospitalized for 422 days at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 57-year-old Colette Hurd of Chicago is heading home after receiving Northwestern Medicine’s first positive crossmatch lung and kidney transplant.“I now call myself ‘Colette 2.0’...
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