VPAP, BPAP, CPAP sMAP

kopoloff · Post by **kopoloff** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:10 am

Maybe I'm just a bit slow, but what is BiPAP and VPAP

K

cflame1 · Post by **cflame1** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:37 am

Bipap is a Bilevel... gives you a separate inhale pressure and a separate exhale pressure. Bipap is a Respironics term. The Resmed equivalent is VPAP.

lktnky · Post by **lktnky** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:44 am

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Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:38 am

I "think", from the dim recesses of my mind, that VPAP, Resmed's proprietary term for bi-level technology, stands for "variable" positive airway pressure. Whereas Respironics' proprietary term for bi-level is Bi-PAP for "bi-level" positive airway pressure.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:01 am

Topic describing types of machines.
"Whats the differences in BIPAP, XPAP, APAP, CFLEX"
viewtopic.php?p=56836

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:40 am

I'm even slower, what is a SMAP? Jim

Is it one of those MAPs you used to get at a gas station, and when you used it, it got so big you couldn't see the road or fold up to fit back in the glove box.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:48 am

So in essence a CPAP with c-flex kind of becomes a BiPAP?

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:57 pm

No, not really. Read the link that RG gave as it will help to make things clearer. C-Flex, A-Flex and EPR offer only limited expiration pressure relief whilst w/a bi-level the expiration pressure can be as much as 10 cms lower than the inhalation pressure but the difference is much more than that.

And I agree, WHAT is sMAP??? A typo or does such a thing exist?

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:44 pm

alpha wrote:So in essence a CPAP with c-flex kind of becomes a BiPAP?

Hmmmm

Don't think so

But an S8 CPAP with EPR does operate a lot like a Bilevel (or VPAP) (2 settable pressures that cycle between an ipap & epap (exhale & inhale))
CFlex only provides a short pressure fluctuation (dip) at the beginning of exhale - the level of fluctuation can be adjusted but it is only momentary & not for the entire exhale cycle. CFlex works very well for many people.

DSM

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:49 pm

BIPAP meaning

Hmmmm

How about Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure
(I believe the posts calling it Bi Level Positive Airway Pressure might be the 2nd best answer )

DSM

(lets start a sequence of counter references )

#2 Link to a History of Bipap
http://www.draeger.com/MT/internet/pdf/ ... ook_en.pdf

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:54 pm

Goofproof wrote:I'm even slower, what is a SMAP? Jim

Is it one of those MAPs you used to get at a gas station, and when you used it, it got so big you couldn't see the road or fold up to fit back in the glove box.

Jim

I think he meant to say ShmeePAP

DSM

kopoloff · Post by **kopoloff** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:48 am

Ok - now I think I understand.

By the way, I broke my rules - ACRONYMNs are supposed to be banned.

and what is sMAP? Try Seriously Mad Apnea Patient, AKA kopoloff

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