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The Cape Bristol ventilator
Author(s) -
SCOTT PETER V.
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.tb05050.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breathing , intensive care medicine , cape , positive pressure respiration , mechanical ventilator , anesthesia , mechanical ventilation , archaeology , history
Summary The Bromsgrove Conversion has been developed for use on the Cape Bristol series of automatic lung ventilators; it enables the patient to take a spontaneous breath between mandatory mechanical breaths. The conversion will also permit entirely spontaneous breathing and continuously positive airway pressure.