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intermittent positive pressure breathing

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Main Entry: intermittent positive pressure breathing
Function: noun
: enforced periodic inflation of the lungs by the intermittent application of an increase of pressureto a reservoir of air (as in a bag) supplying the lungs —abbreviation IPPB
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intermittent positive pressure breathing n.
Abbr. IPPB
See controlled mechanical ventilation.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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