Pneumology: Give history of mechanical ventilation.

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Give history of mechanical ventilation.

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Negative pressure ventilator (iron lung) non-invasive used first in boston 1928, imp for polio outbreak in 1950s
Positive pressure ventilator: first in Massachussets 1955, modern standard of mechanical ventilation

Pneumology

Give history of mechanical ventilation.

Negative pressure ventilator (iron lung) non-invasive used first in boston 1928, imp for polio outbreak in 1950s Positive pressure ventilator: first in Massachussets 1955, modern standard of mechanical ventilation

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