title: A new versatile breathing system for CPPB. The application of PEPP during assisted and controlled ventilation or demand flow CPAP during spontaneous ventilation, with or without IMV.
abstract: A system is described which has been designed to improve the management of patients requiring CPPB. It makes use of a modified Bird Mark 7 or 8 ventilator adapted with a PEPP compensator and a new breathing circuit. This versatile unit provides several advantages over other currently available systems and makes it possible to apply PEPP during controlled and/or assisted ventilation as well as CPAP during spontaneous respiration, with IMV if another servo ventilator is included. This system has been in clinical use for 2 years and has proved to be highly reliable and efficient in both adults and children.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical