Continuous positive airway pressure

Introduction: Continuous positive airway pressure

Description of Continuous positive airway pressure

Continuous positive airway pressure: 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/).
Source: MeSH 2007

Continuous positive airway pressure: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Continuous positive airway pressure:

• Positive
• Airway
• Pressure (173 causes)

Terms associated with Continuous positive airway pressure:

The following terms can be used for Continuous positive airway pressure

• positive pressure breathing

Source: CRISP

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