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... > Therapeutics > Emergency Treatment > Resuscitation > Respiration, Artificial > Positive-Pressure Respiration > Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Therapeutics > Respiratory Therapy > Respiration, Artificial > Positive-Pressure Respiration > Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Therapeutics > Airway Management > Respiration, Artificial > Positive-Pressure Respiration > Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Preferred term

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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/) The administration of CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE by the nasal route. A ventilatory mode delivering CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE with a time cycled change between an upper and lower airway pressure level, allowing unrestricted spontaneous breathing throughout the ventilatory cycle.

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Synonym(s)

  • CPAP Ventilation

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TDW84FTJ-R

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