See Also: positive-pressure respiration(medicine)
positive-pressure respiration, intrinsic(medicine)
positive end-expiratory pressure(medicine)
continuous positive pressure breathing(medicine)
intermittent positive-pressure ventilation(medicine)
intermittent positive-pressure breathing(medicine)
continuous positive airway pressure(medicine)
continuous positive pressure ventilation(medicine)
positive-negative pressure breathing(medicine)
subscript(dictionary)

positive-pressure respiration, intrinsic (medicine) and subscript (iou)


positive-pressure respiration, intrinsic (medicine)


positive-pressure respiration, intrinsic


Non-therapeutic positive end-expiratory pressure occurring frequently in patients with severe airway obstruction. It can appear with or without the administration of external positive end-expiratory pressure (positive-pressure respiration). It presents an important load on the inspiratory muscles which are operating at a mechanical disadvantage due to hyperinflation. Auto-peep may cause profound hypotension that should be treated by intravascular volume expansion, increasing the time for expiration, and/or changing from assist mode to intermittent mandatory ventilation mode.


subscript (iou)



subscript noun, adjective, & verb. E18.
[Latin subscript- pa. ppl stem of subscribere SUBSCRIBE.]
A. noun.
That which is written underneath; a passage, note, etc. at the bottom or end of a document etc.; a signature. E18.
a. A character, number, or symbol written or printed below (and usu. to the right of) a letter, number, etc., or below the line. E20.
b. Computing. A symbol (notionally written as a subscript but in practice usually not) used in a program, alone or with others, to specify one of the elements of an array. M20.
b. adjective. Written or printed underneath, esp. below the line; of or pertaining to a subscript; spec. in Math. etc., (of a symbol) written below and usu. to the right of another symbol. L19.
iota subscript: see IOTA 1.
C. verb.
verb trans. Provide or label with a subscript; write as a subscript. M20.
verb intrans. Use or write a subscript. M20.
? Cf. SUPERSCRIPT.
subscripted adjective having a subscript, provided with a subscript; spec. in Computing, specified out of an array by a subscript or subscripts: M20.