What's "IPAP" - is this a real term?

ColoZZZ · Post by **ColoZZZ** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:08 pm

or did I just see someone's typo??

Thnaks!

curtcurt46 · Post by **curtcurt46** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:16 pm

IPAP =Inhalation positive air pressure which is used in Bipap along with EPAP.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:46 pm

As Curt said, IPAP and EPAP are two separate pressure settings in bi-level machines. Inhalation (IPAP) and Exhalation (EPAP, which is set lower than the inhalation pressure.)

Here are links to some handy definitions of some of the cryptic abbreviations and acronyms that confused all of us first times we saw them. :

Types of machines:
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"Whats the differences in BIPAP, XPAP, APAP, CFLEX"

Common abbreviations and definitions:
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"Learning lexicon of cpap terms"

Some terms used in Encore Pro data:
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