[Combination of CPPB with IPPV (author's transl)]

A combination of CPPB and IPPV has been used successfully in our hospital for therapy of children with IRDS, when their spontaneous breathing under CPAP was not sufficient and to get children progressively used to spontaneous respiration after prolonged periods of controlled ventilation. The Assistor 644 and Servoventilator 900 respirators are not equipped for the combination of CPPB and IPPV. We describe the modifications of both respirators which we introduced to be able to use them for CPPB alone as well as for the combination of CPPB with CPPV.