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由TEzri著作·2005·被引用34次—Sincethen,otherreportsinanimalsandhumansestablishedthetracheostomyasalifesavingprocedure.Vesaliusin1543reportedthefirsttrachealintubation​ ...

The first descriptions of tracheostomy appear in old Hindu scripts around 2000 BC and Egyptian documents around 1500 BC. Since then, other reports in animals and humans established the tracheostomy as a life saving procedure. Vesalius in 1543 reported the first tracheal intubation in an animal. Trousseau reported 200 patients suffering from diphtheria who were saved by tracheostomy. In the early 1870s, Trendelenburg from Germany performed the first endotracheal anesthesia in man. Macewen in 1878 reported the first elective endotracheal intubation for anesthesia. He isolated the trachea by packing the hypopharynx, from leaking of blood and debris. Later, Rosenberg and Kuhn administered cocaine as local anesthetic to obtund the cough reflex during intubation. Tracheostomy and intubation have been broadly used during the First World War. Magill (1888-1986) recognized the advantages of tracheal intubation. Also, by his efforts, ane...