POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA
Authors: Alvan L. Barach, John Martin, Morris Eckman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 December 1938POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMAALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN MARTIN, M.D., MORRIS ECKMAN, B.S.ALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN MARTIN, M.D., MORRIS ECKMAN, B.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-6-754 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this paper is to present observations we have made which provide a physiologic basis for the use of positive pressure respiration in the treatment of acute pulmonary edema. For the most part positive pressure has been thought of as a method of resuscitation such as that accomplished by the pulmotor in accidental asphyxia. 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Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication October 18, 1937.From the Department of Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, and the Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. 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