Lance Becker
Lance B. Becker | |
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Occupation | Physician |
Academic background | |
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine |
Lance B. Becker is an American physician and academic, specializing in
Career
Becker received his M.D. from the
Research
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Becker is the author and co-author of more than 290 scientific publications.
Becker discovered that re-introduction of oxygen, rather than loss of oxygen, was primarily responsible for
As of 2014, further research is planned where a patient's blood is replaced with a cold saline solution, and a state of "profound hypothermia" is then medically induced, at temperatures as low as 50 F (10 C). According to Becker, "draining the blood out and rapidly cooling a person to a deep level—we try to do it every day, and it’s just doggone hard to do... But I would say it’s very likely that the idea is correct."[8] Becker believes that long-term suspended animation, where a person is kept cold for years, will eventually be possible, although "we’re quite a distance" from that with current technology.[9]
Becker leads the MTV-CPR (Mechanical, Team-Focused, Video-Reviewed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) project, based on video-feedback of cardiopulmonary resuscitation cases at the North Shore University Hospital.[10][11] In 2020 Becker's team published a 2-year study showing improvements in return of spontaneous circulation in cardiac arrest patients from 26% to 41% in non-intervention vs intervention groups, respectively.[12] Becker and Miyara published the first case report of a transplant renal artery pseudoaneurysm that due to retroperitoneal bleeding caused uretero-vesical anastomosis dehiscence, hematuria, hemorrhagic shock, pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest. This is the first known survivor who presented those clinical and pathological characteristics.[13]
Awards
Becker is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, as well as the National Academy of Medicine.[1]
References
- ^ a b Davenport, Tony (October 23, 2015). "Lance Becker, MD, Named Chair of Department of Emergency Medicine at North Shore University Hospital and LIJ Medical Center". Northwell Health. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "MyHeartMap Challenge: Lance B. Becker". www.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "Lance B. Becker, MD Improving Survival from Cardiac Arrest". American College of Cardiology. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "Lance B Becker - ResearchGate".
- ^ pubmeddev. "Becker, Lance B[Author] - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ a b Glembocki, Vicki (November 24, 2009). "Lance Becker: Back From the Dead". Philadelphia. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "The New Science of Saving Lives". Penn Medicine. April 2, 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Bushak, Lecia (December 20, 2014). "Induced Hypothermia: How Freezing People After Heart Attacks Could Save Lives". Newsweek. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Szokan, Nancy (August 4, 2014). "Research raises question: Would you want to be frozen, awakened far in the future?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "First-ever analysis of video recorded CPR improves resuscitation outcomes in emergency departments". News-Medical.net. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "Clinical Analysis of Video Recorded CPR Cases Improves Resuscitation Outcomes in Emergency Department". www.businesswire.com. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- PMID 32151218.
- S2CID 230659477.