positive airway pressure

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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airway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.weɪ/us
/ˈer.weɪ/
anatomyspecialized
the passage through the mouth and throat that carries air to ...
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pressure
noun
uk
/ˈpreʃ.ər/us
/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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Effective treatment most often relies on nasal continuouspositiveairwaypressure, but poor tolerance or compliance sometimes leads to treatment with oral appliances or surgery.
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First continuouspositiveairwaypressure, then mechanical ventilation, changed medical care of premature newborns forever.
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He could then be extubated and managed with nasal continuouspositiveairwaypressure.
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After 4 days of continuous nasalpositiveairwaypressure, he needed only low flow oxygen via nasal prongs.
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Early nasal continuouspositiveairwaypressure treatment reduces the need for intubation in very low birth weight infants.
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He was successfully extubated to nasal continuouspositiveairwaypressure on day 63 of life and advanced to nasal cannula oxygen on day 71 of life.
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Cardiopulmonary monitoring, oximetry, supplemental oxygen or nasal (continuouspositiveairwaypressure) ventilation, intravenous infusions, and monitor leads do not prevent kangaroo care.
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Positiveairwaypressure machines, particularly bi-level ones, are sometimes used in this latter way.
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Continuouspositiveairwaypressure and mandibular advancement devices are often used.
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This employs an extremely high inverse ratio in a continuous pressure system similar to biphasicpositiveairwaypressure but with several additional variables.
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Acute treatments can include heliox, intermittent positive pressure ventilation and continuouspositiveairwaypressure.
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Apositiveairwaypressure should be maintained, and neonatal sepsis must be ruled out.
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Ifpositiveairwaypressure ventilation is used to treat respiratory failure, this may be administered in a high dependency unit or equivalent area.
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Non-invasive machines such as a bilevelpositiveairwaypressure machine may be used.
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The devices, due to their closed-loop system technology, allow for rescue of non-breathing victims in toxic environments by always maintainingpositiveairwaypressure.
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