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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 atmospheric...
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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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  • 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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    the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) device. These splint the person's airway open during...
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    NIV 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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  • of these include: Bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP, BiPAP®) Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV...
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    either noninvasive or invasive. Noninvasive methods, such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and non-invasive ventilation, which are adequate for...
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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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    oxygen therapy and more advanced breathing support with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or nasal high flow oxygen, as required. In cases of...
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    delivered: continuous positive airway pressure or bilevel positive airway pressure. In continuous positive airway pressure, constant pressure is maintained...
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  • Residual Positive Pressure. Continuous positive airway pressure – Form of ventilator which applies mild air pressure continuously to keep airways open (CPAP)...
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  • for OSA. In 1981, Dr. Sullivan and colleagues introduced continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which replaced tracheostomy as the gold standard...
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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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    strategy. APRV is an applied continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) that at a set timed interval releases the applied pressure. Depending on the ventilator...
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  • splints are often tolerated much better than CPAP machines. A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine is often used to control sleep apnea and the...
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  • distress syndrome (IRDS). It is one of the methods by which continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is delivered to a spontaneously breathing newborn...
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    rebreather equipment. continuous positive airway pressure mask continuous positive airway pressure Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of...
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    themselves or doctors.[citation needed] Furthermore, CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machines are also perceived negatively by females, and less...
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    oxygen supplementation by head hood or nasal cannula, or even continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or mechanical ventilation. Infant respiratory distress...
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  • over mechanical ventilation (both continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP)), to inserting a tracheal stent...
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    surgery to strengthen or attempt to rebuild the walls, continuous positive airway pressure that has a machine blow small amounts of air into the trachea...
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    of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and intravenous fluids are administered to stabilize the blood sugar, blood salts and blood pressure. CPAP...
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  • carbonated drinks, eating too quickly, as well as anxiety, high continuous positive airway pressure and wearing loose dentures. Aerophagia is also carried out...
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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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  • recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and nocturnal home oxygen therapy (HOT). The shortness...
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    min ). Association with respiratory disorders. Response to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment: The response to CPAP treatment partly depends...
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  • implementation of a continuous positive airway pressure resulted in complete discontinuation of unwanted behaviors. [citation needed] Positive lifestyle changes...
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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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    applications where, for example, distilled water is used in continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines to humidify air for breathing. Distilled...
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  • the patient's airway, and alternates negative pressure with positive pressure to pump air into their lungs (inhale under positive pressure), then suck it...
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