title: Using airway pressure.
abstract: This is the third part in the series Care is Critical which looks at the more complex technological interventions nurses may now have to deal with on general wards or in the community. This article looks at continuous positive airway pressure, an oxygen delivery system which can relieve significant respiratory distress in some cases. The first two were published on June 25.
authors.affiliation: Guy's Hospital NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Place
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*