Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation
Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation
Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation
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The Use of the Hayek Oscillator during Microlaryngeal Surgery<br />
Monks PS, Broomhead CJ, Dilkes MG, McKelvie P<br />
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington,<br />
Oxford, UK<br />
An externally mounted cuirass ventilator, the Hayek Oscillator, was used on 41<br />
patients undergoing surgery to the larynx without the use of tracheal tube. Gas<br />
exchange and cardiovascular parameters remained satisfactory during the use<br />
of this technique, which offers a significant advance over existing tubeless<br />
methods of anaesthesia.<br />
Anaesthesia 50(10): 865-9, October 1995
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