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Positive-Pressure Respiration, Intrinsic MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Positive-Pressure Respiration, Intrinsic
Tree Number(s)
C08.618.846.688
Unique ID
D018467
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018467
Annotation
note category: a type of resp insuff; do not confuse with POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE or PEEP see POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION, a form of artif resp (Cat E)
Scope Note
Non-therapeutic positive end-expiratory pressure occurring frequently in patients with severe airway obstruction. It can appear with or without the administration of external positive end-expiratory pressure (POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION). It presents an important load on the inspiratory muscles which are operating at a mechanical disadvantage due to hyperinflation. Auto-PEEP may cause profound hypotension that should be treated by intravascular volume expansion, increasing the time for expiration, and/or changing from assist mode to intermittent mandatory ventilation mode. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p1127)
Entry Term(s)
Auto-PEEP
AutoPEEP
Non-Therapeutic Positive-Pressure Respiration
Nontherapeutic Positive-Pressure Respiration
PEEP, Intrinsic
PEEP, Occult
Positive-Pressure Respiration, Non-Therapeutic
Positive-Pressure Respiration, Nontherapeutic
Positive-Pressure Respiration, Occult
Respiration, Non-Therapeutic Positive-Pressure
Respiration, Nontherapeutic Positive-Pressure
Previous Indexing
Positive-Pressure Respiration (1982-1994)
Public MeSH Note
95
History Note
95
Date Introduced
1995/01/01
Last Updated
2019/05/24
Positive-Pressure Respiration, Intrinsic Preferred
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