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Descriptor English: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Descriptor Spanish: Presión de las Vías Aéreas Positiva Contínua
Descriptor presión positiva continua en las vías respiratorias
Entry term(s) BiPAP, presión positiva bifásica en las vías respiratorias
BiPAP, presión positiva binivel en las vías respiratorias
presión positiva bifásica en las vías respiratorias
presión positiva binivel en las vías respiratorias
ventilación con administración de presión en las vías respiratorias
ventilación con presión positiva variable
ventilación nasal con presión positiva continua en las vías respiratorias
Scope note: Técnica de terapia respiratoria, tanto en pacientes con respiración espontánea como en pacientes sometidos a ventilación mecánica, en la que se mantiene la presión en las vías respiratorias por encima de la presión atmosférica durante el ciclo respiratorio mediante presurización del circuito ventilatorio. (On-Line Medical Dictionary [Internet]. Newcastle upon Tyne(UK): The University Dept. of Medical Oncology: The CancerWEB Project; c1997-2003 [citado el 17 de abril del 2003]. Disponible en: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/).
Descriptor Portuguese: Pressão Positiva Contínua nas Vias Aéreas
Descriptor French: Ventilation en pression positive continue
Entry term(s): APRV Ventilation Mode
APRV Ventilation Modes
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
BiPAP Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
BiPAP Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure
Bilevel Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
Biphasic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure
CPAP Ventilation
Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Ventilation Mode, APRV
Ventilation Modes, APRV
Ventilation, CPAP
Ventilation, nCPAP
nCPAP Ventilation
Tree number(s): E02.041.625.790.259
E02.880.820.790.259
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045422
Scope note: 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/)
Annotation: BiPAP (BIPHASIC CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) in the literature goes here and BIPAP (BIPHASIC INTERMITTENT POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) goes under INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Positive-Pressure Respiration (1971-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
DeCS ID: 38345
Unique ID: D045422
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Preferred
Concept UI M0448360
Scope note 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/)
Preferred term Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Entry term(s) CPAP Ventilation
Ventilation, CPAP
Biphasic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Narrower
Concept UI M0508253
Preferred term Biphasic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Entry term(s) BiPAP Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
BiPAP Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure
Bilevel Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure
Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Narrower
Concept UI M0448361
Scope note The administration of CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE by the nasal route.
Preferred term Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Entry term(s) Ventilation, nCPAP
nCPAP Ventilation
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation - Narrower
Concept UI M0448188
Scope note A ventilatory mode delivering CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE with a time cycled change between an upper and lower airway pressure level, allowing unrestricted spontaneous breathing throughout the ventilatory cycle.
Preferred term Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
Entry term(s) APRV Ventilation Mode
APRV Ventilation Modes
Ventilation Mode, APRV
Ventilation Modes, APRV



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