CPAP Mask Machine

• CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine provides one constant airway pressure to the patient so that the patient can breathe smoother.
• APAP also known as AutoPAP (Automatic Positive Airway Pressure) machine has a built-in feature that automatically adjusts or tunes the amount of pressure delivered to the patient to the minimum required to maintain an unobstructed airway on a breath-by-breath basis by measuring the resistance in the patient’s breathing. Because of that, patient will get the precise required pressure at different moment of sleep without compromising to a fixed pressure like what CPAP machine does.
• VPAP or BiPAP (Variable/Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) machine provides two levels of pressure to the patient which are for inhalation (IPAP) and during exhalation (EPAP) in lower pressure.
• xPAP ST (Spontaneous Time) machine is a machine that forces a number of set breaths per minute. The xPAP ST machine is used to treat patients with central apneas.

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CPAP (Continous Positive Airway Pressure), pronouced “SEE-PAP”, is a medical method of respiratory ventilation used specifically in the treatment of sleep apnea, which can cause death if without properly treated when it is first developed. The Greek word “apnea” literally means “without breath.”

PAP ventilation is also commonly used for critically ill patients in hospital with respiratory failure, and in the newborn infant (neonate). In these patients, PAP ventilation can prevent the need for endotracheal intubation, or allow earlier extubation.

How CPAP Machine Works ?

CPAP is delivered to the person by a mask that fits on the face and covers the nose or the nose and mouth as shown in the picture above.

The compressed air flows into the airway and acts as a splint or a support to hold back the tongue and open the soft tissue that was obstructing the throat.

Beause of the help of CPAP machine, the patient’s breathing become more regular, snoring stops, and restful sleep is restored. Besides that, the patient might gain more energy because of having better sleep at night.

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