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Nasal CPAP

CPAP is an airway treatment of using slight positive pressure during inhalation to keep the upper air passages open, to increase the volume of inspired air, and to decrease the work of breathing.

Reviewed last on: 9/12/2008
Allen J. Blaivas, DO, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Veteran Affairs, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange , NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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