Respiratory assistance on surgical wards with continuous positive airway pressure (Turbo-PEEP-Weaner)

Based on our own experience, we introduce a new continuous positive airway pressure device. The patient can breathe continuously positive airway pressure through a tight face mask, and thus the postoperative reduction in functional residual capacity is counteracted. This is shown by the well-documented clinical course of a 62 year old man who had respiratory insufficiency after proximal selective vagotomy.