CPAP anesthesia mask 10004069

Continous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the method of ventilating a patient applying higher pressure than enviromental atmospheric pressure to the airways of the patient to improve oxygenation via ventilator or CPAP machine. CPAP prevents early end-expiratory closure of the airways and alveolar collapse Today CPAP is routinely used for mechanically ventilated patients or spontaneously breathing respiratory patients to improve the oxgenation Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, ARDS, Post-operative atelectasis Acute respiratory distress, COPD, Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema Post-extubation hypoxemia, Weaning