We saw a patient who presented with carbon dioxide narcosis and acute respiratory failure due to an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We intubated and 12 hours later he had recovered consciousness and could cooperate with noninvasive ventilation, at which point we extubated and used a helmet to provide noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in assist/control mode, and th...

A study of relaxation was made in 275 patients undergoing cardiac surgery (mainly mitral valvotomy) under light narcosis with controlled ventilation. Suxamethonium was used for intubation and was followed by tubocurarine or gallamine for the operation. On the basis of data obtained from stimulation of the motor nerves to muscles, electromyography, and the clinical picture, it is suggested that ...

very important point of view of the woman herself, and it consequently cannot be ignored. The book is a glorification of the Franen Klinik at Freiburgh run by Drs. Kronig and Gauss, and gives the detailed experiences of many women who have gone through the Klinik. It is written in a somewhat sensational style, but the fact remains that there exists in the United States a propaganda among women ...

1. The depressant drugs which have been studied in this series of experiments were found to resemble morphine and heroine in that they depressed expiration more than inspiration, but they acted only in narcotic doses and always depressed inspiration at the same time. Ether caused a sharp expiratory rhythm, persisting until narcosis was very deep, probably a result of irritation of the air passa...