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BLPAP
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BLPAPBilevel Positive Airway Pressure
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Given our patient's progressive hypoxemia and respiratory insufficiency, we chose to proceed with endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, although CPAP or bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) may offer an alternative to endotracheal intubation in select patients.
Flail chest in a neonate resulting from nonaccidental trauma by Tobias, Joseph D. / Southern Medical Journal
They cover techniques, clinical pattern recognition, continuous and bilevel positive airway pressure titration, PSG changes, pediatric sleep medicine, and specialized techniques such as pulse transit time and peripheral arterial tonometry.
Atlas of sleep medicine by SciTech Book News
Of the 18 patients receiving "conventional treatment," 9 were using continuous positive airway pressure, 8 were using bilevel positive airway pressure, and 1 was using a dental device.
Modafinil still effective for sleep apnea after 17 weeks of therapy by Mulcahy, Nicholas / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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