artificial respiration

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There is no treatment; doctors can offer only supportive care, such as hydration, artificial respiration or dialysis.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Dr Abu Saada said the babies needed intensive care, life support equipment and artificial respiration.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

Soon, the five — who were between a day and a month old — were taken to the intensive-care unit, where the three gravest cases were put on artificial respiration machines.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2020

He removed a blood clot from the wound and, straddling the president’s body, began to administer a crude form of artificial respiration, which he said revived Lincoln.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2015

He was extricated to all appearance dead, but under artificial respiration was restored to consciousness, though he did not survive for many hours.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various