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Ventilators, Mechanical

Medical Definition: Mechanical devices used to produce or assist pulmonary ventilation.
Also Called: Ventilators
Ventilators, Mechanical Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Ventilators, Negative-Pressure - Body ventilators that assist ventilation by applying intermittent subatmospheric pressure around the thorax, abdomen, or airway and periodically expand the chest wall and inflate the lungs. They are relatively simple to operate and do not require tracheostomy. These devices include the tank ventilators ("iron lung"), Portalung, Pneumowrap, and chest cuirass ("tortoise shell").

Ventilators, Mechanical Medical Definitions and Terms

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