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    Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea. PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those...
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    Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of positive airway pressure (PAP) ventilation in which a constant level of pressure greater than...
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    is not the same as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which applies a single level of positive airway pressure throughout the whole respiratory...
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  • inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) and expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP). BPAP can be described as a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure system...
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  • open (CPAP) Positive airway pressure – Mechanical ventilation in which airway pressure is always above atmospheric pressure Positive pressure ventilation –...
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    delivered: continuous positive airway pressure or bilevel positive airway pressure. In continuous positive airway pressure, constant pressure is maintained throughout...
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    ventilation include positive pressure ventilation where air is pushed into the lungs through the airways, and negative pressure ventilation where air...
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    noninvasive or invasive. Noninvasive methods, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation, which are adequate for patients...
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    first-line treatment is non-invasive positive airway pressure (PAP), usually in the form of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at night. The disease was...
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  • are often tolerated much better than CPAP machines. A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine is often used to control sleep apnea and the snoring...
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    of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) device. These splint the person's airway open during sleep...
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  • Treatments for OSA such as positive airway pressure therapy can be effective at stopping the progression of UARS. Positive airway pressure therapy is similar...
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  • of these include: Bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP, BiPAP®) Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV...
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    APRV is an applied continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) that at a set timed interval releases the applied pressure. Depending on the ventilator manufacturer...
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    themselves or doctors.[citation needed] Furthermore, CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machines are also perceived negatively by females, and less likely...
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  • OSA. In 1981, Dr. Sullivan and colleagues introduced continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which replaced tracheostomy as the gold standard treatment...
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    Bag valve mask (category Airway management)
    of the bag. Some devices have PEEP valve connectors, for better positive airway pressure maintenance. A covered port may be incorporated into the valve...
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  • mechanical ventilation (both continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP)), to inserting a tracheal stent and...
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  • CPAP is continuous positive airway pressure, a form of positive airway pressure ventilator. CPAP may also refer to: Center for Public Administration and...
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    supplemental oxygen Bag valve mask – Hand-held device to provide positive pressure ventilation Daniel Limmer, EMT-P; Michael F O'Keefe, MS, EMT-P (2009)...
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  • recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and nocturnal home oxygen therapy (HOT). The shortness of...
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  • lines the conducting airways, allowing its removal by mucociliary transport. Inspired air is humidified, improving the quality of airway mucus. In humans...
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    oxygen therapy and more advanced breathing support with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or nasal high flow oxygen, as required. In cases of severe...
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    continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and intravenous fluids are administered to stabilize the blood sugar, blood salts and blood pressure. CPAP application...
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    modalities such as heated humidified high-flow therapy, continuous positive airway pressure or (if severe) endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation...
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    bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP Breathing assist apparatus using a higher positive pressure on inspiration and lower positive pressure on expiration...
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    muscles use modern mechanical ventilators that push air into the airway with positive pressure. These are generally efficacious and have the advantage of not...
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  • syndrome (IRDS). It is one of the methods by which continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is delivered to a spontaneously breathing newborn to maintain...
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    pressure PEP devices like the "Acapella" and PEP masks or devices for positive airway pressure, as well as specific exercise regimes. The exercises prescribed...
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    electronically controlled. ventilator alarms, which warn of low or high airway pressures. interlocks between the vaporizers preventing inadvertent administration...
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