As both a “polio pioneer” — i.e. the first group to get the original and experimental Salk polio vaccine — as well as a bulbar polio survivor, I can only shake my head at the total ...

WHEN patients have severe airway obstruction or swallowing difficulties, as may occur with bulbar poliomyelitis, the insertion of a tracheostomy tube may be required to ensure a clear airway, to re ...

My mom's memories of her paralytic polio are just one reason I worry about progress Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could undo, writes Kimberly Witt.

The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.

RAPIDLY progressive bulbar spinal poliomyelitis in a patient with pregnancy at or near term may pose difficult problems. If spontaneous labor occurs during the acute phase of the illness and the pr ...

Helps Polio Victims The electrophrenic respirator, which looks like a small horn radio, is designed to aid patients suffering from bulbar poliomyelitis.

But bulbar polio has one feature which fitted in well with Dr. Sarnoff’s theory: it generally leaves the phrenic nerve undamaged.

It is clear that Pyromen is no cure for polio. Among victims of bulbar polio treated with Pyromen, there were as many deaths (seven) as there were among the others.