Positive pressure is a pressure within a system that is greater than the environment that surrounds that system. Consequently, if there is any leak from...

Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea. PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of positive airway pressure (PAP) ventilation in which a constant level of pressure greater than...

inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) and expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP). BPAP can be described as a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure system...

ventilation include positive pressure ventilation where air is pushed into the lungs through the airways, and negative pressure ventilation where air...

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is the pressure in the lungs (alveolar pressure) above atmospheric pressure (the pressure outside of the body)...

with added oxygen, is given through the mask under positive pressure; generally the amount of pressure is alternated depending on whether someone is breathing...

Positive pressure personnel suits (PPPS)—or positive pressure protective suits, informally known as "space suits", "moon suits", "blue suits", etc.—are...

A positive pressure enclosure, also known as a welding habitat or hot work habitat, is a chamber used to provide a safe working environment for performing...

against hazardous airborne substances. In its simplest form, a modern positive pressure ventilator, consists of a compressible air reservoir or turbine, air...