Ventilation therapy burst into the public consciousness more than 60 years ago with the "iron lung" and the polio epidemic. Mechanical ventilation has come a long way since then and is used today with patients who cannot breathe on their own because of trauma, lung injuries and chronic lung disease.But ventilation demands a delicate balance between over inflating and under inflating the lungs, either of which can lead to further injury. [click link for full article]
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