呼吸衰竭是乙脑死亡的重要原因。近三年来我院除采用主要的脱水治疗外,尚合用654(?)2治疗中枢性呼吸衰竭24例,治愈20例,死亡4例,现报告如下:临床资料:根据流行病学特点、典型症状体征及脑脊液检查(3例因病情危重未作),凡出现下列情况之一均属呼吸衰竭并定为用药指征:①反复多次惊厥后出现呼吸变浅,呼吸不规则,面色发灰;②虽无惊厥,但病程中出现呼吸节律不整或点头呼吸或抽泣样呼吸;③出现屏气伴有呼吸节律不齐,呼吸浅表的昏迷患者。24例中,10例为重型,病程都在3～5天,于入院后3～8小时内发展为呼吸衰竭;普通型4例,抽痉后出现呼 Respiratory failure is an important cause of JE death. In the past three years in our hospital except for the main dehydration therapy, is still used 654 (?) 2 treatment of central respiratory failure in 24 cases, 20 cases were cured and 4 died, are as follows: Clinical data: According to epidemiological characteristics of typical Symptoms and signs and cerebrospinal fluid examination (3 cases due to critically ill patients did not make), where one of the following conditions are respiratory failure and as drug indications: ① repeatedly repeated seizures appear shallow breathing, irregular breathing, pale hair ; ② Although there is no convulsion, but the respiratory rhythm occurs in the course of irregular or nodded breathing or sobbed breathing; ③ appear breath-hold accompanied by irregular respiratory rhythm, breathing superficial coma patients. 24 cases, 10 cases were heavy, duration of 3 to 5 days, 3 to 8 hours after admission, developed into respiratory failure; common type in 4 cases, after the emergence of spasm