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Ventilator Breathing Complications After Surgery

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Ryan Doss

During most surgeries, the patient is made unconscious and paralyzed to protect him from pain and damage from involuntary movement. As a result of this paralysis, machines called ventilators must take over the work of breathing for the patient.