[Acute respiratory insufficiency in polyneuritis].

Lethality in polineuritis is directly related to severe respiratory distress. The latter dropped from 40 to 0% in severe types at Hospital de Pediatría del Centro Médico Nacional with the procedures of assistance to the positive pressure ventilation and tracheostomy. The application of pressure is offered to be given at the end of expiration to correct hypoxemia from short circuit due to decrease in V/Q relation PEEP in, Retrospective study of 13 cases.