title: Respiratory assistance on surgical wards with continuous positive airway pressure (Turbo-PEEP-Weaner).
abstract: Based on our own experience, we introduce a new continuous positive airway pressure device. The patient can breathe continuously positive airway pressure through a tight face mask, and thus the postoperative reduction in functional residual capacity is counteracted. This is shown by the well-documented clinical course of a 62 year old man who had respiratory insufficiency after proximal selective vagotomy.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D012115:Residual Volume; D012121:Respiration, Artificial