Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Clinical foundation for efficient treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

29 Sep 2009 Only a few decades ago, the entity known as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was unknown and untreated. Now, there is a rush to put literally millions of Americans on continuous positive airway pressure devices. Community practice standards are ... Read more...

Effects of individualized developmental care in a randomized trial of preterm infants <32 weeks.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal was to investigate the effects of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) on days of respiratory support and intensive care, growth, and neuromotor development at term age for infants born at ... Read more...

[Sleep-related breathing disorders]

8 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) is a term that includes several different diagnoses. This paper describes aetiology, diagnostics, treatment options and consequences of untreated disease, in children and adults. MATERIAL AND ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Continuous Positive Airway Pressure'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Prevalence of home ventilation therapy in Norway] 20 Oct 2009
• New single-arch sleep appliance therapy. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical foundation for efficient treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. 29 Sep 2009
• Effects of individualized developmental care in a randomized trial of preterm infants <32 weeks. 26 Sep 2009
• Sleep-disordered Breathing and Hypertension. 13 Sep 2009
• [Sleep-related breathing disorders] 8 Sep 2009
• Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the respiratory care of the newborn infant. 30 Aug 2009
• Ordinary snoring. Aiming for quiet. 30 Aug 2009
• Remifentanil for INSURE in preterm infants: a pilot study for evaluation of efficacy and safety aspects. 30 Aug 2009
• First-choice treatment in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea: single-stage, multilevel, temperature-controlled radiofrequency tissue volume reduction or nasal continuous positive airway pressure. 30 Aug 2009
• [Snoring and nocturnal apnea--obstructive sleep apnea syndrome] 24 Aug 2009
• Production of inflammatory mediators by monocytes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Aug 2009
• Respiratory complications after major surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• Upper airway reconstructive surgery long-term quality-of-life outcomes compared with CPAP for adult obstructive sleep apnea. 30 Jul 2009
• Noninvasive ventilation. 30 Jul 2009
• Plasma apelin levels in obstructive sleep apnea and the effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy. 28 Jul 2009
• Synchronized nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation and neonatal outcomes. 25 Jul 2009
• Ventilation without tracheal intubation. 25 Jul 2009
• High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) and airway pressure release ventilation (APRV): a practical guide. 15 Jul 2009
• Influence of intermittent hypoxia on the signal transduction pathways to inflammatory response and circadian clock regulation. 15 Jul 2009

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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