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Researchers complete first human trial on viability of enteral ventilation

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96 points mustaphah | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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afarviral ◴[22 Oct 25 12:04 UTC] No.45667794[source]▶
Would it not be more direct to do gas exchange with blood?
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1. analog31 ◴[22 Oct 25 12:26 UTC] No.45668004[source]▶
You still need some permeable membrane with a high surface area, to exchange dissolved oxygen. In this method, the customer supplies the membrane.