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Mechanical ventilation for pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
PETHERAM IAN S.,
BRANTHWAITE M.A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb03824.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiectasis , chronic bronchitis , pneumonia , mechanical ventilation , cardiorespiratory fitness , respiratory failure , pulmonary fibrosis , ventilation (architecture) , bronchitis , respiratory system , lung , respiratory disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary Between 1972 and 1977, 91 patients received mechanical ventilation for pulmonary disorders. Forty‐nine (53.8%) left hospital and 35 of these survived for at least 1 year. Nineteen of 23 asthmatic patients survived. Cerebral damage following cardiorespiratory arrest precluded successful outcome in three of the four who died. In those with chronic lung diseases, patients with chronic bronchitis fared best; outcome was poor in those with emphysema, bronchiectasis and pulmonary fibrosis often despite trivial precipitating causes of respiratory failure. Mortality was high in patients with pneumonia even if immunologically normal.