The management of respiratory failure in poliomyelitis

Title: The management of respiratory failure in poliomyelitis
Creator: Hercus, Victor; Johnston, J. Bruce; White, Saxon William
Relation: The Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 50, Issue 2, p. 833-838
Relation: https://www.mja.com.au/journal
Publisher: Australian Medical Publishing Company
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 1963
Description: Patients suffering from respiratory paralysis present an acute challenge, which must be faced and promptly dealt with, otherwise the patient will die. Poliomyelitis has been referred to as a disease entity from the beginning of history, but it is only in the last few decades that any active attempt has been made to treat those people in respiratory failure.
Subject: bulbar paralysis; pregnancy; respiratory failure; mechanical ventilators; poliomyelitis
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/938704
Identifier: uon:12654
Identifier: ISSN:0314-514X
Language: eng
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