Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Instrumentation
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the respiratory care of the newborn infant.

30 Aug 2009 Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a noninvasive form of respiratory assistance that has been used to support spontaneously breathing infants with lung disease for nearly 40 years. Following reports that mechanical ventilation ... Read more...

[Characteristics of auto-CPAP devices during the simulation of sleep-related breathing flow patterns]

7 Jul 2009 INTRODUCTION: The function of automatic CPAP devices is difficult to investigate using clinical examinations due to the high variability of breathing disorders. With a flow generator, however, identical breathing patterns can be reproduced so that ... Read more...

Nasal CPAP and surfactant for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

29 Jun 2009 The Scandinavian approach is an effective combined treatment for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). It is composed of many individual parts. Of significant importance is the early treatment with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Instrumentation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the respiratory care of the newborn infant. 30 Aug 2009
• [Characteristics of auto-CPAP devices during the simulation of sleep-related breathing flow patterns] 7 Jul 2009
• Nasal CPAP and surfactant for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. 29 Jun 2009
• To tube or not to tube babies with respiratory distress syndrome. 29 Apr 2009
• Bubble CPAP: a clash of science, culture, and religion. 29 Apr 2009
• Relationship between endotracheal tube leakage and under-reading of tidal volume in neonatal ventilators. 26 Apr 2009
• Assessing the performance of the Whisperflow continuous positive airway pressure generator: a bench study. 17 Apr 2009
• Educational, supportive and behavioural interventions to improve usage of continuous positive airway pressure machines for adults with obstructive sleep apnoea. 13 Apr 2009
• Social factors associated with CPAP acceptance. 30 Mar 2009
• Continuous positive airway pressure via the Boussignac system immediately after extubation improves lung function in morbidly obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. 30 Mar 2009
• A randomized controlled trial of post-extubation bubble continuous positive airway pressure versus Infant Flow Driver continuous positive airway pressure in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome. 21 Feb 2009
• The Mapleson D continuous positive airway pressure system: a novel indication for the Mapleson circuit? 30 Jan 2009
• An improved Boussignac device for the delivery of non-invasive CPAP: the SUPER-Boussignac. 22 Jan 2009
• A successful therapy of high-altitude pulmonary edema with a CPAP helmet on Lenin Peak. 30 Dec 2008
• Noninvasive ventilation for continuous critical care and long-term ventilatory support. 30 Dec 2008
• Continuous positive airway pressure devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome: a systematic review and economic analysis. 30 Dec 2008
• C-Flex technology: effects on breathing parameters and inspiratory flow limitation. 20 Dec 2008
• Comparison of two headgear systems for sleep apnea treatment of stroke patients. 16 Dec 2008
• Mask leakage in continuous positive airway pressure and C-Flex. 29 Nov 2008
• [Evaluation of a continuous positive airway pressure system without a ventilator to treat acute respiratory failure in children] 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Continuous Positive Airway Pressure'

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/)

Descriptor UI: D045422

Alternative terms: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; CPAP Ventilation; Ventilation, CPAP; Biphasic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Bilevel Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; nCPAP Ventilation; Ventilation, nCPAP; Airway Pressure Release Ventilation; APRV Ventilation Mode; APRV Ventilation Modes; Ventilation Mode, APRV; Ventilation Modes, APRV;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.880.820.790.259;

History Note: 2004

Technical Notes: BiPAP (BIPHASIC CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) in the literature goes here and BIPAP (BIPHASIC INTERMITTENT POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) goes under INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION