THE USE OF HELIUM IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS IN THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA
1935; American College of Physicians; Volume: 9; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7326/0003-4819-9-6-739
ISSN1539-3704
Autores Tópico(s)Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
ResumoArticle1 December 1935THE USE OF HELIUM IN THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS IN THE LARYNX AND TRACHEAALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-6-739 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe proposal of helium as a new therapeutic gas was based on the conception that its decreased specific gravity in relation to nitrogen would make a helium-oxygen mixture easier to breathe than a comparable nitrogen-oxygen mixture, such as occurs in air.1The molecular weight of helium being 4, and that of nitrogen 28, the substitution of 80 per cent helium for 80 per cent nitrogen, with the oxygen concentration 20 per cent, would provide a respirable gas mixture which would have 33 per cent of the density of air (table 1). 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Y.*Read at the Philadelphia meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 30, 1935.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.†The author wishes to acknowledge assistance rendered to him by the United States Public Health Service, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, United States Navy; The Linde Air Products Company, and the Helium Company, and to express his appreciation for their aid.‡With the technical assistance of Morris Eckman, B. S. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHeliox simulations for initial management of congenital laryngotracheal stenosisRespiratory ComplicationsApport de l’hélium dans la réhabilitation respiratoire de patients BPCO sévèresHeated oxygen-helium mixtures. 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