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CPAP Basics - 17 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:49 am
by mollete
Contrary to popular belief, CE Sullivan did NOT invent
CPAP. The concept was around for a generation before:
Re: CPAP Basics - 25 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:28 am
by rested gal
O
M
G
!!
I want one!
But only if a pair of clean argyle socks are thrown in.
Re: CPAP Basics - 25 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:32 am
by khauser
Hence "HooverHead" which I have seen used like "HoseHead"
Re: CPAP Basics - 25 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:39 am
by Drowsy Dancer
They should have called it the C3PO Study.
Re: CPAP Basics - 25 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:54 pm
by rested gal
From The Cleveland Clinic
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: Increasing use in acute care
In 1936, Poulton and Oxon [7] described their “pulmonary plus pressure machine,” which used a vacuum cleaner blower and a mask to increase the alveolar pressure and thus counteract the increased intrapulmonary pressure in patients with heart failure, pulmonary edema, Cheyne-Stokes breathing, and asthma.
Re: CPAP Basics - 25 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:32 pm
by mollete
And interestingly, there were DWingers back then, too!
An exchange on the Forum of the Day,
vacuumtalk.com:
Herbert Hoover (hey, why not) wrote:I believe that this new pressure therapy will also be very effective in a variety of other diseases, including OSA and UARS, once they invent them.
avi123 wrote:Comment:
You're all wrong! You all suck! You guys don't know anything! I know everything! Look at my waveforms cause it's all about me! me! me!
Re: CPAP Basics - 25 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:47 pm
by rested gal
Geeze...just when I thought it was safe to take another sip of Pepsi..... !!
Re: CPAP Basics - 17 - Potpourri
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 3:35 am
by mollete
A misnomer if I ever saw one:
Re: CPAP Basics - 17 - Potpourri
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 5:11 am
by mollete
Re: CPAP Basics - 17 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 4:08 am
by mollete
APD1
APD2
Re: CPAP Basics - 17 - Potpourri
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 5:06 pm
by DoriC
Fascinating! Is that dial in the top photo the ramp feature? So much for "the good old days"!
Re: CPAP Basics - 17 - Potpourri
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 4:27 am
by mollete
