Chest ACCP Member Benefits
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SANDS, J. H.
Right arrow Articles by STEWART, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by SANDS, J. H.
Right arrow Articles by STEWART, D.
(Chest. 1961;40:128-133.)
© 1961 American College of Chest Physicians

A Controlled Study Using Routine Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing in the Post-Surgical Patient

JAMES H. SANDS M.D., F.C.C.P.; CONSTANCE CYPERT A.A.I.T.; ROBERTA ARMSTRONG M.D.; SAMUEL CHING M.D.; DAVID TRAINER M.D.; WILLIAM QUINN M.D.; and DAVID STEWART M.D.

1. Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing, as used in this controlled study by a competent Inhalation therapy department, did not prevent post-operative pulmonary [SEE TABLE 8 IN SOURCE PDF.] [SEE TABLE 9 IN SOURCE PDF.] complications in patients subjected to upper-abdominal surgery. These patients for the most part did not have cardiopulmonary disease.

2. The I.P.P.B. machine as used in this study cannot replace the bedside work of the post-operative surgical team.

3. Although well established in the treatment of some patients with cardio-pulmonary disease in the pre- and post-operative period, the indications should be clear-cut and the indiscriminate use of I.P.P.B. discouraged.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1961 by the American College of Chest Physicians.