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thyda1000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's not normal to have half of your lungs being half, I am screwed!
Strummerville81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@blooddudemagic biPAP is different. biPAP is a machine that delivers a biphasic breath strategy. You set an iPAP and an ePAP which are two different pressure settings with different purposes. CPAP is just one pressure delivered continously. When you exhale against this continous positive airway pressure, it has a "back pressure" effect that recruits collapsed alveoli and improves oxygenation.
blooddudemagic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Strummerville81 i may be mistaken and if i am i am sorry but when it involves both inspiratory and expiratory, isnt it referred to as bipap?
Strummerville81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@rimakala They are essentially the same, but PEEP is the pressure applied to the airways in mechanical ventilation during expiration to maintain alveolar recruitment. CPAP, in contrast, is a continuously applied pressure above atmospheric pressure (during inspiratory and expiratory phases). They have the same function: to maintain the alveoli open and improve oxygenation.
rimakala (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Can anyone tell me the difference between PEEP and CPAP?
KiddJonesJr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
depends on the disease process of the lung you are trying to recruit. but there is not a set number, say 15cmH20, that is the optimal PEEP. For each disease process is different thus there V/Q ratio or mismatch is going to vary.
xRachelRaex (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
holy shit wtf
raccoon325 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Pumper!?
pringlewrangler (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol i wanted to see it explode!
atiosextionio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you start of with a PEEP of 5cmH2o |
