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Assisted Breathing; Intensive Care; Life Support; Tracheostomy; Ventilators |
In architecture and HVAC, mechanical ventilation is the use of powered equipment, e.g. fans and blowers, to move air; as contrasted with the natural ventilation provided by convection and winds. Bag valve mask In medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to assist or replace spontaneous breathing. Mechanical ventilation can be life-saving and is a mainstay of CPR, intensive care medicine, and anesthesia. History The iron lung was used through much of the middle 20th century, ...
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Critical Care Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/
- University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses http://www.aacn.org/
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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