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	iron lung - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Iron deficiency in cystic fibrosis : relationship to lung* disease severity and chronic pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.
		One breath at a time: Reliant on an antiquated machine to breathe, and live, polio sufferer Marilyn Rogers and her iron lung are icons of one of the most frightening times in America's public health system.
		Iron lung vs mask ventilation in the treatment of acute on chronic respiratory failure in COPD patients *: a multicenter study.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ironlung.html (475 words)

	Iron lung Summary
		The iron lung is a mechanical respiratory device used to force air into and out of the lungs of a person unable to breathe for themselves.
		An iron lung is a large machine that enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control has been lost or the work of breathing exceeds the person's ability.
		The iron lung is a form of non-invasive therapy.
	www.bookrags.com /Iron_lung (1396 words)

	IRON LUNG (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Prestwich's iron lung is a pleasant shade of cream and pastel green, and it can be found in St. Thomas Hospital on the banks of the Thames in London.
		The typical patient cannot use his or her breathing muscles to inflate their lungs, but if a way could be found to draw up the chest, it would create a space in the lungs that would automatically be filled by air flowing in through the mouth and nose.
		The iron lung is forever linked in the mind with the devastating disease polio, and this is exactly how John became paralyzed in 1955.
	www.angelfire.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ultra/miahops/IRON_LUNG.html (1082 words)

	Cool Things - Iron Lung - Kansas State Historical Society
		The iron lung was once a symbol of a dreaded disease known as polio.
		Iron lungs were only intended to provide temporary relief until the patient recovered.
		The iron lung pictured here is in the collections of the Kansas Museum of History.
	www.kshs.org /cool3/ironlung.htm (560 words)

	Mass Moments: Boston Doctors Use First Iron Lung
		The iron lung was the first advance in treating a disease that hadbaffled the medical profession.Unable to determine where the disease was coming from, doctors could prescribe only quarantine and careful hygiene in the hopes of preventing its spread.
		One common side effect of being in an iron lung was that patients would hallucinate that they were moving, sometimes in the respirator, but more often in a car, train, or airplane.
		As for the disease that motivated the iron lung invention, in developed nations a child is now "more likely to be struck by lightning than by polio." In 1959 there were 1,200 people using tank respirators in the United States; in 2004, there were 39.
	www.massmoments.org /moment.cfm?mid=295 (751 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| 'My life with an iron lung'
		John, paralysed from the chin down, is 64 - and holds the dubious distinction of being the longest surviving beneficiary of iron lung technology.
		The typical patient cannot use his or her breathing muscles to inflate the lungs, but if a way could be found to draw up the chest, it would create a space in the lungs that would automatically be filled by air flowing in through the mouth and nose.
		The iron lung is forever linked in the mind with the devastating disease polio, and this is exactly how John became paralysed in 1955.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3182096.stm (1143 words)

	Iron Lung Survivors
		I was never in an iron lung, but do remember seeing a couple of them lined up out in the hall at the hospital in Lancaster County, PA. This summer, we took a picture of an old Emerson iron lung (on left) while vacationing in Canada.
		A newspaper headline announced that "A baby boy was delivered by Caesarean section Thursday afternoon to an iron lung polio patient in St. Joseph Hospital." Virginia Glenn called Omaha's Iron Lung Mother, gave birth to a son while in her iron lung.
		Dick Francis, whose wife had polio and was in iron lung for a bit, has a character in an iron lung in his 1969 novel, Forfeit.
	www.geocities.com /arojann.geo/ironlung.html (1656 words)

	Exhaust - The "Iron" Lung Header
		Iron lung headers should not be used with less than 10 to 1 compression.
		Iron Lung headers are of the greatest advantage in the most restricted applications such as no porting, two barrel carburetors or restrictor plates.
		Iron Lungs are built with 3/8" thick CNC cut flanges.
	www.howeracing.com /Exhaust/Index-IronLung.htm (181 words)

	Iron Lung - Porta-Lung & Scoliosis Self Help Group
		The porta-lung or 'iron lung' is the chamber or 'user's body' that surrounds the body much like the chest walls of a person.
		Trying to redesign this lung to allow her to be able to get in and out of by herself is almost out of the question due to the fact that it is not ours.
		We have taken an over night trip to Dad's house but with out the lung as she can go for short times without it, however that proved to her that she needs the iron lung and has since resolved to the fact that it is a fact of life now to use it.
	www.robertbenjamin.com /Articles/scoliosis.htm (3623 words)

	Iron lung a reminder that polio still exists
		Newspapers were filled with pictures of the iron lung, the medical device that patients lived in because the disease robbed them of the ability to breath on their own.
		As part of Rotary International's latest fund raiser to eliminate the disease, the local groups have brought an iron lung to the Holland Museum, on loan from the Public Museum of Grand Rapids.
		The iron lung was invented in the 1930s and a patient's entire body, except the head, was placed in the metal tank.
	www.vaccinationnews.com /dailynews/September2002/IronLung17.htm (793 words)

	My Iron Lung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		My Iron Lung EP also contains outtakes from then-ongoing recording sessions for The Bends, compiling songs that were issued as B-sides on two separate "My Iron Lung" CD singles in the UK and other markets.
		"My Iron Lung", the song, was Radiohead's reaction to "Creep", their massive hit of 1993 which also became something of a millstone.
		Singer Thom Yorke described the iron lung as a metaphor for the way "Creep" had both sustained the band's life and constrained them, as evidenced in his caustic self-reflexive lyrics ("this is our new song / just like the last one / a total waste of time / my iron lung").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/My_Iron_Lung (701 words)

	Iron Lung - Wheel Chair
		She spent a short time in the iron lung, and in this section, she relates some of the emotional trauma she had with this aspect of her disability.
		As they looked at the lung, I heard some say, "What is this for?" Polio tends to be a forgotten ailment nowadays, and people do not even recognize an iron lung.
		Finally, removed from the iron lung, Pahl lay motionless, 24 hours a day, in a tiny, make-shift Calgary isolation hospital with flimsy partitions between the wards, before being transferred on a stretcher in an unheated baggage car to Edmonton.
	www.pahl.ca /vp/ironlungwheelchair.html (5037 words)

	AllRefer.com - iron lung (Medicine) - Encyclopedia
		Before the successful vaccination program against poliomyelitis, it was used mostly in treatment of that disease.
		Invented (1928) by Philip Drinker, the iron lung is composed of a cylindrical steel drum, which encloses the entire body with only the head exposed.
		A number of problems exist with the iron lung machine; food or vomit may be aspirated into the lungs, and serious skin ulcers may develop in a patient who is immobilized for long periods of time.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/ironlung.html (252 words)

	Iron lung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pumps that control airflow periodically decrease and increase the air pressure within the chamber, and particularly, on the chest.
		The positive pressure ventilator, which instead blows air into the patient's lungs by intubation through the airway, was first time used in Blegdamshospital, Copenhagen, Denmark during a polio outbreak in 1952 [3].
		Iron lung ward filled with Polio patients, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, ca.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Iron_lung (656 words)

	iron lung — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EFFICACY OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION BY PONCHOWRAP OR IRON LUNG, IN EXACERBATIONS OF COPD WITH MODERATE HYPERCAPNIA.(Abstract)...
		Ray Ruiz, a New Mexico representative and former iron worker at Los Alamos National Laboratory, died of lung cancer in May.(People......
		The journalist in the iron lung.(Mark O'Brien, subject of 'Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien' on being handicapped......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0825504.html (322 words)

	Iron Disorders Institute - Acquired Iron Overload
		When iron overload is acquired by oral or injected means, the consequences affect the entire body.
		One can accumulate dangerously high levels of iron by accidental ingestion which usual occurs with young children who get iron pills prescribed for their mothers; these children can get very sick and can even die from iron poisoning.
		The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that accidental iron poisoning is one of the leading causes of poisoning in children.
	www.irondisorders.org /Disorders/Acquired.asp (380 words)

	WhosWho Chicago: Iron Lung Corp : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois
		Iron Lung Corp is more of the same, though it does well to highlight each of the band's strengths.
		Though most of the songs (written, for the most part, by lead-singer of Acumen Nation, Jason Novak, though the rest of the band chips in occasionally) are in the industrial vein of CP and AN, "Witchita" is a slower track opening with 5 minutes of quiet solo guitar and spoken word.
		Though Iron Lung Corp has yet to play a live show under their own name, several Acumen Nation/Clay People double bills have become, in effect, ILC shows.
	centerstage.net /music/whoswho/IronLungCorp.html (221 words)

	CNN.com - 'I lived in an iron lung for seven years' - Nov 14, 2005
		In other words the iron lung is sealed and attached to bellows, which lower the air pressure inside the iron lung to create a negative pressure.
		I was in an iron lung for seven years but for the last 43 years I have used a smaller version of negative pressure ventilation in the form of a cuirass shell, which is airtight and fits over my chest, and is held in place by straps.
		This iron lung can be tipped head down and rotated through 180 degrees so that I am lying face down.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/TECH/11/10/john.prestwick (814 words)

	iron lung - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Iron Lung, negative-pressure ventilator used to assist breathing.
		fan, vent, opening, flue, aperture, duct, air duct, life support machine, respirator, breathing apparatus, iron lung
		Iron Lung: picture of patient in an iron lung
	ca.encarta.msn.com /iron_lung.html (115 words)

	In Music We Trust - Iron Lung: Iron Lung Comedy Hour-Live [Book on tape version] (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Enterruption Records gave birth to this live cassette from IRON LUNG recorded in October of 2001 at Burnt Ramen in Richmond, California.
		For those uninitiated, IRON LUNG are a two-man band from Reno, NV that specialize in a brand of audio violence heretofore unknown in the extreme underground.
		If you are one of the handful of people who remember the all-too-brief existence of KRILEZAC, then you know the foundation upon which this was built (IRON LUNG was born of the KRILEZAC ashes, although they have a more measured and sharp sound).
	www.inmusicwetrust.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/58k04.html (304 words)

	The Iron Lung
		Waiting and it seemed, yearning for me. As I popped the trunk of the car to grab my bags, a smile came over my face as I realized I was about to be reacquainted with a dear old friend.
		A little gal affectionately known as, The Iron Lung.
		Sure we hadn't seen each other in a long time, and yes, neither one of us really made an effort to keep in touch, but like any true and strong friendship, we picked up right where we left off.
	www.hockeyattitude.com /html/the_iron_lung.html (595 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: My Iron Lung: Music: Radiohead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The acoustic version of "Creep" that ends My Iron Lung is a sensitive read, but it doesn't explain the structural leap of the title track, which sounds as if the band had relearned how to play their instruments.
		The import version of My Iron Lung is something I purchased a few years ago, and never really listened to at first, because I didn't take to it.
		Listening back now, I really think that if Iron Lung had been removed from the Bends, and a little more time laboured over this, we would have a stunning full lenght album right here, talked about in the terms of magnitude and brilliance lavishly adorned on classic albums such as The Bends and OK Computer.
	www.amazon.co.uk /My-Iron-Lung-Radiohead/dp/B000007361 (1173 words)

	NMAH \| Polio: The Iron Lung and Other Equipment
		No device is more associated with polio than the tank respirator, better known as the iron lung.
		Physicians who treated people in the acute, early stage of polio saw that many patients were unable to breathe when the virus’s action paralyzed muscle groups in the chest.
		Left: This blue iron lung is the first one made by John Emersonís company.
	americanhistory.si.edu /polio/howpolio/ironlung.htm (534 words)

	Iron Lung: 1929 Drinker Respirator
		Not long after the donation, the respirator provided artificial respiratory support for a patient who was suffering from accidental ingestion of an unknown drug and was unconscious and not breathing.
		Drinker suggests that the success of the Drinker and Shaw iron lung can be attributed to the availability of electricity, the immediate need for treatment of polio patients, and the involvement of an engineer in all stages of the device's development.
		In this context, it is especially clear why the Drinker iron lung made such a lasting impact upon generations while many comparable devices from decades earlier were almost immediately forgotten.
	historical.hsl.virginia.edu /ironlung/pg4.cfm (527 words)

	Iron Lung - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Iron Lung - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Search for books about your topic, "Iron Lung"
		Weapons of the Future on the Discovery Channel
	encarta.msn.com /Iron_Lung.html (130 words)

	purevolume™ \| Iron Lung Remedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Iron Lung Remedy hasn't posted a blog yet.
		Iron Lung Remedy hasn't posted any shows yet.
		All songs, lyrics and pictures © Iron Lung Remedy.
	www.purevolume.com /ironlungremedy (91 words)

	Iron Lung Events
		The event that started it all - a 10 and 20 km trail race through the trail system at the base of North Vancouver's Mount Seymour; Extremely difficult single track, lung searing ascents followed by lighting quick descents, fantastic volunteers and incredible views come together to provide the ultimate trail running experience.
		The perfect event for the beginner trail runner - lots of dirt, a few rocks, some roots, and a climb that will sear your "tender lung." We will provide the first-time trail race participant with a safe, challenging, and fun environment for you to test your trail running legs.
		Not for the faint of heart, this 20km trail race will challenge the most seasoned of trail racers - technical single track, lung searing ascents, quad thrashing descents, and the requisite amazing scenery.
	www.ironlung.ca /qs/page/600/577/-1 (414 words)

	Iron Lung Remedy : iSOUND.COM™
		Iron lung Remedy formed in December of 2000 with the current line up of Luke Donald (vocals,guitar) Rob Skotis (bass,backup vocals) Ben Kochli (drums) and Jared Kelley (guitar,backup vocals).
		Hailing from Culpeper, Va. they are always on tour trying to play shows anywhere at anytime.
		Interact with other fans of Iron Lung Remedy.
	www.isound.com /iron_lung_remedy (180 words)

	Amazon.com: My Iron Lung EP: Music: Radiohead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Eight tracks, 'My Iron Lung', 'The Trickster', 'Lewis (Mistreated)', 'Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong', 'Permanent Daylight', 'Lozenge Of Love', 'You Never Wash Up After Yourself' and an acoustic version of their very first hit, 1993's 'Creep'.
		But, the My Iron Lung album successfully mixes the voices of The Bends with the instrumentals of OK Computer.
		The My Iron Lung album is a recording for all of these audiences, and won't stop with the OK Computer fans or The Bends fans.
	www.amazon.com /My-Iron-Lung-EP-Radiohead/dp/B000007361 (1321 words)

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