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Therapeutics > Respiratory Therapy > Respiration, Artificial > Positive-Pressure Respiration
Therapeutics > Airway Management > Respiration, Artificial > Positive-Pressure Respiration

Preferred term

Positive-Pressure Respiration  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange.

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Entry terms

  • Positive-Pressure Ventilation

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