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Kenneth H. Brookler, MD; Eric A. Birken, MD; Stanley M. Blaugrund, MD; Kermit E. Osserman, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1972;96(6):535-537.

Abstract
Case histories of 1,243 patients with myasthenia gravis at Mount Sinai Hospital were reviewed. Of this group, 15 patients had received controlled positive pressure breathing (CPPB) for longer than 96 hours. Eight of the 15 patients developed serous otitis media. The eight case histories are presented, and the pathophysiological effects of CPPB are discussed. An explanation of the effects is based upon the hypothesis that blockage of eustachian tubal lymphatics results in a middle ear transudate consistent with nonsuppurative otitis media.

Author Affiliations
New York

From the departments of otolaryngology (Drs. Brookler, Birken, and Blaugrund) and internal medicine (Dr. Osserman), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, New York. Dr. Brookler is now with Lenox Hill Hospital, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 15, 1972.

Dr. Osserman died in January 1972.

Reprint requests to 47 E 77th St, New York 10021 (Dr. Brookler).

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