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Descriptor
English
:
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Presión de las Vías Aéreas Positiva Contínua
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pressão Positiva Contínua nas Vias Aéreas
Synonyms
English
:
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
Tree Number:
E02.041.625.790.259
E02.880.820.790.259
Definition
English
:
A technique of
respiratory therapy
, in either spontaneously breathing or mechanically ventilated
patients
, in which airway
pressure
is maintained above
atmospheric pressure
throughout the respiratory cycle by pressurization of the ventilatory circuit. (On-Line Medical
Dictionary
[Internet]. Newcastle upon Tyne(UK): The University Dept. of
Medical Oncology
: The CancerWEB Project; c1997-2003 [cited 2003 Apr 17]. Available from: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
BiPAP (BIPHASIC
CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
) in the
literature
goes here and BIPAP (BIPHASIC INTERMITTENT POSITIVE AIRWAY
PRESSURE
) goes under
INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION
History Note
English
:
2004
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
CT
contraindications
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
38345
Unique Identifier:
D045422
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