Smidt C M
Dan Medicinhist Arbog. 1995:194-98.
During the serious epidemic of poliomyelitis about 3000 cases were admitted to the Blegdam Hospital in Copenhagen. In 2.341 cases the diagnosis was verified. 1.250 cases were paralysed and 345 had more or less insufficiency of respiration. At Blegdam Hospital only one Draeger tank respirator and six cuirass respirators were available. It was necessary to try other methods of treatment. Inspired by Dr. Mogens Bjørneboe Professor, H.C.A. Lassen called for assistance from the anaesthetist Dr. Bjørn Ibsen, who proposed to make tracheotomy followed by introduction of a cuffed tracheal rubber tube and manual positive pressure respiration with Waters absorber. By this method the mortality of respiratory insufficient cases was reduced from about 87% in the first month of the epidemic to 37%. The work of the laryngologists and their nurses is described. It was a pioneer-work worth to be remembered.
在小儿麻痹症严重流行期间，哥本哈根的布莱格丹医院收治了约3000例病例。其中2341例病例的诊断得到了证实。1250例出现瘫痪，345例有或多或少的呼吸功能不全。在布莱格丹医院，仅有一台德尔格罐式呼吸器和六台胸甲式呼吸器。因此有必要尝试其他治疗方法。受莫根斯·比约内博教授的启发，H.C.A. 拉森向麻醉师比约恩·易卜生医生求助，易卜生医生提议进行气管切开术，随后插入带套囊的气管橡胶管，并使用沃特斯吸收器进行手动正压通气。通过这种方法，呼吸功能不全病例的死亡率从疫情第一个月的约87%降至37%。文中描述了喉科医生及其护士的工作。这是一项值得铭记的开创性工作。
