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MeSH Heading: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Tree Number(s): E02.041.625.790.259; E02.880.820.790.259
Unique ID: D045422
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045422
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
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/)
Entry Term(s): APRV Ventilation Mode; 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; nCPAP Ventilation
Previous Indexing: Positive-Pressure Respiration (1971-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure MeSH Descriptor Data 2023