Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It a new strain that identified newly in humans, which was originated China 2019. This virus spread from infected person’s mouth or nose upon coughing, sneezing, speaking, breathing. ongoing global pandemic increases day day. The only solution to decrease the fatality C...

In view of the extreme rarity of certain findings, I take this opportunity of reporting this most unusual case of broncho-pneumonia in a child one year old. Case report P. B., a Hindu male child, aged one year and two months, was admitted into the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, on 27th March, 1943, with a fourdays' history of cough, fever and laboured breathing. On examination, the chil...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) administered at intervals with a mask and incentive spirometry (IS) were compared with a regimen of coughing and deep breathing (CDB) to determine which promoted the most rapid recovery of pulmonary function after upper abdominal operations in 65 adults. Postoperatively, FRC of patients in all groups was similar relative to preoperative values. However...

Slow deep breathing improves blood oxygenation (Sp(O2)) and affects hemodynamics in hypoxic patients. We investigated the ventilatory and hemodynamic effects of slow deep breathing in normal subjects at high altitude. We collected data in healthy lowlanders staying either at 4559 m for 2-3 days (Study A; N = 39) or at 5400 m for 12-16 days (Study B; N = 28). Study variables, including Sp(O2) an...

Patients with fractured ribs admitted to an intensive care unit are in two categories: (a) multiple fractures with a flail segment; (b) one or more fractures but without a flail segment. One of the latter group is described in this report. Usually these patients are treated in a general ward and are admitted to the intensive care unit when pain prevents coughing, deep breathing and bronchial to...

Introduction: Pulmonary hyperinflation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can increase the breathing rate and reduce diaphragmatic movements by pushing the diaphragms downward and limiting their movements; this, in fact, can affect the breathing process. The purpose of this study was to compare diaphragmatic movements in COPD patients and healthy ones and to evaluate ...

We present Chill-Out, an adaptive biofeedback game that teaches relaxation skills by monitoring the breathing rate of the player. The game uses a positive feedback loop that penalizes fast breathing by means of a proportionalderivative control law: rapid (and/or increasing) breathing rates increase game difficulty and reduce the final score of the game. We evaluated Chill-Out against a conventi...

We studied 60 children, aged 12 months to 8 yr, undergoing plastic surgery under general anaesthesia supplemented by regional anaesthesia. Patients were allocated randomly to have the laryngeal mask airway removed either on awakening or while anaesthetized. Subsequent observation of respiratory factors and oxygen saturation showed a significant difference between the groups for coughing (P < 0....