Artificial respiration

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In medicine, artificial respiration is "Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have respiratory insufficiency to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2)."[1]

Classification

Using intratracheal intubation

  • PEEP

Noninvasive

The terminology for noninvasive respiratory support is inconsistently used in the medical literature.

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the terms are:

Effectiveness

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Health failure

In a randomized controlled trial of respiratory insufficiency due to heart failure, neither CPAP or BiPAP reduced mortality as compared to standard oxygen therapy; however, both of the noninvasive methods provided similar symptomatic and metabolic improvement.[2] In this trial CPAP was started at 5 cm of water and increased as needed to 15 cm of water. BiPAP was started at an inspiratory positive airway pressure of 8 cm of water and an expiratory positive airway pressure of 4 cm of water and was increased as needed to an inspiratory pressure of 20 cm of water and expiratory pressure of 10 cm of water.[2]

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