• Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) is a respiratory therapy treatment for people who are hypoventilating. While not a preferred method due...
    4 KB (368 words) - 17:23, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mechanical ventilation
    ventilation include positive pressure ventilation where air is pushed into the lungs through the airways, and negative pressure ventilation where air...
    47 KB (5,603 words) - 08:57, 4 August 2024
  • and the location of the area in most need of therapy. Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) physiotherapy has long been used in the intensive...
    13 KB (1,422 words) - 20:18, 17 January 2024
  • breath-by-breath basis by measuring the resistance in the patient's breathing. Bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP) is a mode used during non-invasive ventilation...
    41 KB (5,507 words) - 19:26, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Breathing apparatus
    force: the breathing effort of the user, or mechanical work from an external source, by operational pressure regime: at ambient pressure or in isolation...
    113 KB (13,335 words) - 05:02, 28 July 2024
  • underwater, both during breath-hold dives and while breathing at ambient pressure from a suitable breathing gas supply. It, therefore, includes the range of...
    101 KB (11,909 words) - 07:41, 4 July 2024
  • Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (IMV) refers to any mode of mechanical ventilation where a regular series of breaths are scheduled but the ventilator...
    12 KB (1,539 words) - 07:15, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ventilator
    bellows unit, which fell intermittently under gravity, forcing breathing gases into the patient's lungs. The inflation pressure could be varied by sliding...
    35 KB (3,653 words) - 13:22, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for High altitude breathing apparatus
    altitude breathing apparatus is a breathing apparatus which allows a person to breathe more effectively at an altitude where the partial pressure of oxygen...
    48 KB (6,173 words) - 01:18, 8 August 2024
  • intramuscular(ly) INR international normalized ratio IPPB intermittent positive pressure breathing IU international unit IV intravenous(ly) IVU intravenous urography...
    17 KB (632 words) - 14:13, 28 April 2024