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Case Reports
. 1987 Oct;92(4):683-5.
doi: 10.1378/chest.92.4.683.

Bilateral diaphragm paralysis treated with cuirass ventilation

A G Driver  1 , B B Blackburn, S P Marcuard, E H Austin Jr
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Bilateral diaphragm paralysis treated with cuirass ventilation

A G Driver et al. Chest. 1987 Oct.

Abstract

The therapeutic effects of cuirass ventilation were studied in two patients with bilateral diaphragm paralysis. Negative inspiratory and positive expiratory pressure applied to the cuirass shell was transmitted to the abdominal and thoracic cavities. Diaphragm excursion was enhanced. Nocturnal cuirass ventilation appears to be an ideal treatment for bilateral diaphragm paralysis.

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