ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS COMPLICATING POLIOMYELITIS: A CASE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY EXSUFFLATION
Authors: H E SEANOR, G J BECK, A AINLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 July 1953ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS COMPLICATING POLIOMYELITIS: A CASE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY EXSUFFLATIONH. EUGENE SEANOR, M.D., GUSTAV J. BECK, M.D., ALLAN AINLEY, M.D.H. EUGENE SEANOR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GUSTAV J. BECK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALLAN AINLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-1-140 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this report is to describe the clinical course of a patient with spinal poliomyelitis who developed pneumonitis and pulmonary atelectasis secondary to the aspiration of gastric contents. The physiologic and therapeutic effects achieved by the use of the Exsufflator in this condition will be presented.The incidence of atelectasis and aspiration pneumonitis in bulbospinal poliomyelitis patients has been estimated at about 25 per cent, and in 80 per cent or more of these patients death is due to these pulmonary complications.1, 2The urgency of improving impaired ventilatory function by removal of obstructing mucous plugs from the...Bibliography1. FoxKuzmaJunkerman MJJFCL: Bulbar poliomyelitis, New England J. Med. 247: 276, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. LenarskyParrSeanor MRLHE: Epidemic poliomyelitis, Am. J. Dis. Child. 82: 160 (Aug.) 1951. Google Scholar3. BarachBeckBickermanSeanor ALGJHAHE: Mechanical coughing; studies on physical methods of producing high velocity flow rates during the expiratory cycle, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 64: 360, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. BarachBeckSmith ALGJWH: The principles and technic of operation of the Exsufflator, Am. Pract. and Digest Treat. 3: 733 (Sept.) 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. BarachBeckBickermanSeanorSmith ALGJHAHEWH: Physical methods simulating mechanisms of the human cough, J. Appl. Physiol. 5: 85 (Aug.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BickermanBeckGordonBarachItkin HAGJCALS: Physical methods simulating mechanisms of the human cough: elimination of radiopaque material from the bronchi of dogs, J. Appl. Physiol. 5: 92 (Aug.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BarachBeckBickermanSeanor ALGJHAHE: Physical methods simulating cough mechanisms, use in poliomyelitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary emphysema and bronchiectasis, J. A. M. A. 150: 1380 (Dec.) 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. CherniackGordon RMCA: Effects of exsufflation on obstructive dyspnea (abstract), J. Clin. Investigation 31: 621 (June) 1952. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 7, 1953.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, N. Y.These studies were carried on with the support of a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.†With the technical assistance of MR. FRED DRIMMER. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1953Volume 39, Issue 1Page: 140-146KeywordsHospital medicinePneumonitisPoliomyelitisSurgeonsVentilators Issue Published: 1 July 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...