Principles of artificial respiration for patients under anesthesia.

Thymectomy during Myasthenic Crisis under Artificial Respiration.

A 34-year-old man was diagnosed with thymoma, which was evaluated preoperatively as stage II or III, with myasthenia gravis (MG). The size of the tumor was 70 × 44 × 80 mm. No invasion to neighboring organs was observed. Prednisolone was prescribed for stabilization of MG. However, a myasthenic crisis (MC) occurred, and intensive care, including emergent endobronchial intubation followed by art...

Artificial Respiration

lowering the arms gave still less favourable results. Howard's direct method of alternately compressing the lower chest wall by the spread hands and letting go sharply was found to cause a much larger air entry, but still below the normal; but it is conducted in the supine attitude which, in many cases, as in drowning, prevent other useful indications from being fulfilled and is sometimes subje...

Artificial Respiration Explained

Principles of artificial ventilation

Ventilators are commonly used in the operating theatre and in the ICU to deliver mechanical ventilation to the lungs. In the operating theatre, ventilation is given to anaesthetized and often pharmacologically paralysed patients with predominantly normal lungs. These ventilators are relatively simple and are designed to deliver varying concentrations of oxygen, air, nitrous oxide and volatile a...

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