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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Presión de las Vías Aéreas Positiva Contínua
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Pressão Positiva Contínua nas Vias Aéreas
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Synonyms English:
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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
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Tree Number:
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E02.880.820.790.259
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Definition English:
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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/) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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BiPAP (BIPHASIC CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) in the literature goes here and BIPAP (BIPHASIC INTERMITTENT POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) goes under INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION
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History Note English:
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2004
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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38345
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Unique Identifier:
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D045422
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