Open AccessHyperventilation of the lungs as a preventive measure against pneumonia
Author(s) -
N. Kramov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80523
Subject(s) - hyperventilation , atelectasis , pneumonia , inhalation , medicine , anesthesia , asphyxia , carbon dioxide , breathing , lung , intensive care medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry
Based on the works of Corullos and Birnbaum, Scott and Cutler that postoperative pneumonia develops in atelectasized areas of the lungs, Henderson (A. M. A. 1929, 9 II) recommends inhalation of carbon dioxide in oxygen (5,0-100,0), as the most effective means of preventing pneumonia both in postoperative cases and in asphyxia and infectious diseases. As a result of anesthesia, breathing becomes shallow, the sections of the lungs are not ventilated and atelectasis appears, and the infection of these sections easily causes pneumonia; stretching these unventilated collapsed areas by deep breathing as a result of inhalation of carbon dioxide prevents atelectasis and prevents the development of pneumonia.