A negative pressure ventilator (NPV) is a type of mechanical ventilator that stimulates an ill person's breathing by periodically applying negative air...

lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator, a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body and varies the air pressure in the enclosed...

to avoid contaminating outside areas Negative pressure ventilator, also known as an iron lung Negative-pressure wound therapy This disambiguation page...

technology of negative-pressure mechanisms, and the more common positive-pressure types. Common positive-pressure mechanical ventilators include: Transport...

what was eventually called the iron lung, a form of noninvasive negative-pressure ventilator widely used during the polio epidemics of the twentieth century...

of ventilator design: Step 1: Identify the primary breath control variable. If inspiration starts with a preset inspiratory pressure, or if pressure is...

respirator, also known as the Both Portable Cabinet Respirator, was a negative pressure ventilator (more commonly known as an "iron lung") invented by Edward Both...

polio. Later, she spent six months in the hospital, placed in a negative pressure ventilator informally called the iron lung, to help her breathe. In the...

positive pressure ventilation" (NPPV or NIPPV) has been used to distinguish it from the use of the now very rare negative pressure ventilator ("iron lung")...

Iron lung is the colloquial name for a negative pressure ventilator. Iron Lung may also refer to: Iron Lung (band), a punk band from Seattle Iron Lung...

cracking pressure on a demand regulator. negative pressure ventilator A negative pressure ventilator (NPV) is a type of mechanical ventilator that stimulates...

butterflies and moths Negative Phase Velocity, an electromagnetic property induced by some exotic optical materials Negative pressure ventilator, a type of mechanical...

pressure throughout the breathing cycle. Thus, the ventilator does not cycle during CPAP, no additional pressure greater than the level of CPAP is provided,...

external pressure was removed. This method is now described as 'intermittent abdominal pressure ventilation', in contrast to negative pressure ventilators, commonly...

orthopedic surgery. Portable ventilators may be required to support breathing. Historically, a noninvasive, negative-pressure ventilator, more commonly called...

A liquid ventilator is similar to a medical ventilator except that it should be able to ensure reliable total liquid ventilation with a breatheable liquid...

Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial...

of these patients had been treated using the few available negative pressure ventilators, but these devices (while helpful) were limited in number and...

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...

"The dynostatic algorithm accurately calculates alveolar pressure on-line during ventilator treatment in children". Paediatr Anaesth. 13 (4): 294–303...

possible distal airway and alveolar pressures produced by a mechanical ventilator. Exhalation is passive. Jet ventilators utilize various I:E ratios—between...

lung. It is a negative pressure ventilator, a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body, and varies the air pressure in the enclosed...

as the maximal inspiratory pressure (MIPO), which is a negative value. Peak inspiratory pressure increases with any airway resistance. Factors that may...

mechanical ventilators and resuscitators. Negative pressure ventilation occurs when the torso of the patient is subjected to an external pressure below ambient...

airway paralysis. Treatment had involved the use of the few negative pressure ventilators available, but these devices, while helpful, were limited and...

– Also known as the Both Portable Cabinet Respirator, was a negative pressure ventilator (more commonly known as an "iron lung") invented by Edward Both...

pulmonary edema. 1928: Phillip Drinker develops the "iron lung" negative pressure ventilator. 1935: Carl Matthes invented the first noninvasive oximeter employing...

dependent on mechanical ventilators when the mechanical ventilator needs to be examined for possible malfunction or when ventilator-dependent patients are...

on their own. The ventilator prevents the accumulation of carbon dioxide so that the lungs don't collapse due to the low pressure. The use of artificial...

capacity. Maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) MIP, also known as negative inspiratory force (NIF), is the maximum pressure that can be generated against...