Cuirass ventilation in childhood neuromuscular disease.
Cuirass ventilation in childhood neuromuscular disease.
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儿童神经肌肉疾病的胸甲通气。
DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80588-0
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发表时间:
1979
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通讯作者:
N. Lewiston
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作者:
J. O'leary;R. King;M. Leblanc;R. Moss;M. Liebhaber;N. Lewiston
MATERIALS AND METHODSPatients were considered candidates for cuirass ventilation if they had relatively normal lungs, implying normal pulmonary compliance, and met one or more of the following therapeutic criteria (Table):(1) Pao~ less than 50 tort;(2) Par~ greater than 55 tort;(3) muscle weakness sufficient to produce dyspnea at rest;(4) lack of ventilatory drive when asleep; and (5) inability to wean from positive pressure ventilation. Commercial cuirass shells were obtained from the Monaghan Company (Denver, Colo.). These could be used with minor alterations if the patient had nearly normal chest configuration, had a midaxillary to iliac crest measurement greater than 20 cm, and a manubrium to pubis measurement greater than 25 cm. If the patient was smaller than this or had marked thoracic deformity, a cuirass shell was fabricated from a plaster impression of the chest with plastic sheeting. The shells were powered with a Model 170-C Monaghan Respirator. Initial settings were made to produce an inspiratory pressure of-20 cm of H20 and an expiratory pressure of+ 4 cm. The desired minute ventilation was achieved by altering respiratory rate and inspiratory pressure within comfortable limits. The initial goal was to decrease the Paco2 by approximately 15 torr from preventilation values. As the. patient learned to add his respiratory efforts in synchrony with the medicine, arterial blood