See Also: positive end-expiratory pressure(medicine)
positive-pressure respiration(medicine)
continuous positive airway pressure(medicine)
continuous positive pressure breathing(medicine)
intermittent positive-pressure ventilation(medicine)
positive-negative pressure breathing(medicine)
intermittent positive-pressure breathing(medicine)
positive-pressure respiration, intrinsic(medicine)
continuous positive pressure ventilation(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

positive-pressure respiration (medicine) and Extrasystole (health)


positive-pressure respiration (medicine)


positive-pressure respiration


A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange.


Extrasystole (health)


A premature contraction of the heart that is independent of the normal rhythm of the heart and that arises in response to an impulse in some part of the heart Other than the normal impulse from the sinoatrial (SA) node. The extrasystole is followed by a pause, as the heart electrical system "resets" itself and the contraction following the pause is usually more forceful than normal. These more forceful contractions are frequently perceived as palpitations.