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ARTHUR J. OKINAKA, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1966;92(6):887-891.

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MULLER et al¹ and others have observed that diaphragmatic excursions are decreased after abdominal operations. While this is now a well-recognized occurrence, little information is actually available in the literature about changes in pattern of breathing immediately following operations. Our purpose is to describe this in detail and to discuss it in relation to other events which may occur at the same time.

Materials and Methods

The apparatus used in the main part of this study was a gage which in principle was the same as that described by Whitney² in 1949 as a mercury-in-rubber strain gage. A piece of commercially available latex tubing 29 cm in length with an inner diameter of 3.185 mm and an outer diameter of 4.761 mm was filled with an electrolyte cream used in clinical electrocardiography. The ends of the tubing were sealed with metal plugs which were inserted into the electrolyte . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 20, 1965.

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