Positive-Pressure Respiration |
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| End-Expiratory Pressure, Positive; End-Expiratory Pressures, Positive; Positive End Expiratory Pressure; Positive End-Expiratory Pressures; Positive Pressure Respiration; Positive-Pressure Respirations; Pressure, Positive End-Expiratory | |
| A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange. | |