Re: NON INVASIVE VENTILATION

Marilyn Herdin (marilyn(AT)CYBERNEX.NET)
Mon, 22 Sep 1997 20:31:43 -0400

At 12:41 PM 9/19/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello, everybody:
>
> I would like to put a question about non invasive ventilation: Is anyone
>of you, vent-dependent but not tracheostomised? I have read a lot of papers
>from Dr Bach from New Jersey explaining how to maintein ventilation by
>means of alternating different systems like nose mask ventilation,
>mouth-piece ventilation, and dealing with secretions using assisted cough,
>glossofaryngeal breathing and finally the In-exsuflation machine. It seems
>to be very interesting and Dr. Bach speaks enthusiastically about it and
>insists he is able to ventilate his quad patients by this way, not having
>the need of a trach. But I see almost of you are using a trach. What do you
>think about this questiont?
> With respect to the trach changes (I realize it=B4s a very important=
matter
>for all of you) I think the idea of James Lubin (Xylocaine) is very good
>(and as he says, ask your doctor before).
> And finally, for Annette: did you get your trach change? How did it go?=20
>
> Dr. Quiroga Ruiz
> Intensive Care Unit
> Home Mechanical Ventilation Unit
> Hospital Central de Asturias
> Oviedo. SPAIN
>
>
>
Dear Dr. Ruiz:

I had bulbar and paralytic polio at age 4 1/2 and last year started using
the PLV-100 at the suggestion of Dr. Bach. I am lucky to live in NJ and be
so close by! I have talked to some of Dr. Bach's patients in his waiting
room and some were intubated and he successfully extubated them and now are
using non-invasive ventilation. The person in particular that comes to mind
is someone with ALS. I had been intubated about 5 years ago but not for a
very long time. I personally like my non-invasive ventilation and am most
thankful that I found Dr. Bach, who totally understands PPS and breathing
problems.

Marilyn