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Therapeutics > Emergency Treatment > Resuscitation > Respiration, Artificial
Therapeutics > Respiratory Therapy > Respiration, Artificial
Therapeutics > Airway Management > Respiration, Artificial

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Respiration, Artificial  

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  • Mechanical Ventilations
  • Ventilation, Mechanical
  • Ventilations, Mechanical

Note

  • /instrum: consider also VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL

Scope note

  • Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2).

In other languages

  • tekohengitys

    Finnish

  • hengityskonehoito
  • mekaaninen ventilaatio
  • respiraattorihoito
  • ventilaattorihoito
  • Konstgjord andning

    Swedish

  • Artificiell andning
  • Artificiell respiration
  • Konstgjord respiration
  • Konstgjord ventilation
  • Mekansik ventilation
  • Respiratorbehandling

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012121

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