IMMOBILIZATION OF BOTH LUNGS PRODUCED BY THE EQUALIZING PRESSURE CHAMBER WITH RESULTS OF TREATMENT IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: A L BARACH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 May 1947IMMOBILIZATION OF BOTH LUNGS PRODUCED BY THE EQUALIZING PRESSURE CHAMBER WITH RESULTS OF TREATMENT IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-5-687 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this communication is: (1) to present the mechanism by which both lungs are immobilized with a normal exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the pulmonary alveoli and the outside air; (2) to report the results of nine years' trial of local lung rest therapy in advanced and moderately advanced pulmonary tuberculosis.When absence of breathing is produced by hyperventilation with 100 per cent oxygen, the subject remains comfortable, has no impulse to breathe, and his chest remains motionless for a period of five minutes. Since the provision of an adequate arterial oxygen tension is sufficient to...Bibliography1. THUNBERG T: The barospirator: a new machine for producing artificial respiration, Skandinav. Arch. f. Physiol., 1926, xlviii, 80. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BARACH AL: Immobilization of lungs through pressure, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1940, xlii, 586. Google Scholar3. BARACH AL: Continuous arrest of lung movement: The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in an equalizing alternating pressure chamber, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1941, xlii, 56. Google Scholar4. BARACH AL: Immobilization of both lungs: The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in an equalizing pressure chamber, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1945, lii, 122. Google Scholar5. BARACH AL: The treatment of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis by continuous arrest of lung movement produced by residence in an equalizing alternating pressure chamber, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1940, lv, 98. Google Scholar6. BARACH AL: Immobilizing the lungs by air pressure in patients with advanced pulmonary tuberculosis: Follow-up results, Bull. Am. Acad. Tuberc. Phys., July, 1941. Google Scholar7. BARACHECKMAN ALM: Alternating equalizing pressure chamber and control pressure panel, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1941, xliii, 91. Google Scholar8. BARACH AL: Continuous immobilization of both lungs by air pressure and its application to the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, 1945, xii, 53. Google Scholar9. BARACH AL: Principles and practices of inhalation therapy, 1944, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar10. BARACHRICHARDS ALDW: Oxygen therapy in pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1932, xxvi, 241. Google Scholar11. BARACH AL: The use of filtered-air chambers in pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1933, xxvii, 508. 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.*Presented at the Twenty-seventh Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, May 17, 1946.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.Permission has been obtained from the American Review of Tuberculosis for reproduction of the clinical data and illustrations used in this paper.We wish to express our appreciation to the Mary W. Harriman Trust Fund which supported this investigation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThunberg's Barospirator, a Fully Encasing Predecessor of the Iron LungA STUDY OF SOME BIOLOGICAL SURFACTANTSStudies on resuscitation. An experimental evaluation of the bloxsom air lockClosure of Cavities in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Produced by Immobilization of Both Lungs 1 May 1947Volume 26, Issue 5Page: 687-703KeywordsAlveoliBreathingCarbon dioxideHospital medicineLungsOxygenRespiratory system proceduresSurgeonsThorax Issue Published: 1 May 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...