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SCA Patient Survival Rates Double By Using ELS
Posted July 11th, 2008 by SCAFoundationJuly 11, 2008–When combined with the conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), extracorporeal life support (ELS) can double the survival of adult hospital patients in comparison with CPR alone. These results were released on July 7, 2008 in The Lancet.
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