Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, post-operative coronary artery bypass graft patients research hub

Testing whether a commonly used drug to treat Diabetes can reduce injury to the lung following heart surgery and in critical illness.

Researchers are testing if a common diabetes drug, metformin, can help protect lungs during heart surgery. They want to see if it reduces lung damage and inflammation in patients having bypass surgery to, hopefully, learn more about treating a serious lung condition called ARDS.