Sentences with phrase «airway pressure mask»

In severe cases, patients are treated by wearing a special mask while asleep — a CPAP mask (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure mask), which increases the air pressure in the throat, meaning that the airway doesn't collapse during sleep.

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Oxygen by mask or by CPAP [or continuous positive airway pressure] can easily be arranged while in skin - to - skin contact, drips and feeding tubes can be secured sideways.

The pediatric bag holds a D tank of compressed air, regulator, T - piece resuscitator, newborn bag and mask, neonatal blood pressure cuff, Thermo - warmer used in the event of a transport, non-rebreather oxygen mask, oral airways, oxygen tubing, DeLee suction, 8F feeding tube, syringes of all sizes, pulse oximeter, and an umbilical line kit.

For people with moderate or severe OSA, doctors usually recommend using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, which consists of a small pump that delivers pressurised air into the nose through a mask, stopping the throat from closing.

Meanwhile, the study also showed that patients who received treatment for OSA using a machine connected to a face mask that delivers pressure to prevent the blockage of the airways during sleep had a lower risk of developing advanced diabetic retinopathy compared to patients who did not receive the treatment.

One treatment option for sleep apnea is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which helps keep the airway open by providing a stream of air through a mask that is worn during sleep.

Difficulty meeting all those criteria is what bedevils the strap - on mask, called CPAP, for continuous positive airway pressure.

I was hesitant because my father complained about a sleep study he'd done once; his doctor prescribed an uncomfortable continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask to correct his sleep apnea by opening his airway with pressurized air.

For more severe cases, a device can help prevent the lower jaw from falling backwards into the airway, Dr. Somers says, or a face mask that delivers pressurized air into the nose (called continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP) can keep the airway open at night.

Studies have shown that the moment you remove your continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask, obstructive sleep apnea returns.

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He has prepared and prosecuted patent applications for inventions in the electrical, medical, and mechanical arts, including laryngeal mask airway devices, pressure transducers, artifact reduction filters for CT scanners, parallel processors, magnetic bearings, optical gyroscopes, mass flowmeters, photoelectron multipliers, speech recognition systems and night vision systems.

A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine is a mask that maintains airflow and keeps your throat clear.