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AIR BREATHING DEVICE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Respiratory System
CONT

An APAP machine treats sleep apnea, a condition characterized by difficulty breathing during sleep. This machine pushes air into the nose, mouth, or both through a face mask or nasal cannula(a device with tubes that delivers supplemental oxygen or an increase flow of air) to promote consistent breathing. Unlike other types of PAP [positive airway pressure] devices, APAP automatically adjusts the air pressure a person receives during sleep.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Appareil respiratoire

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
DEF

A device or machine for converting a liquid into a fine spray, especially for medical use.

CONT

A medicinal nonventilatory nebulizer(atomizer) is a device that is intended to spray liquid medication in aerosol form into the air that a patient will breathe.... [Nebulizers are] devices designed to provide aerosolized medication and/or humidification to the patient airways.... These devices produce both vapor and finely dispersed water droplets in the liquid phase(aerosol mist) ;they are typically used with a mask or tent or in a breathing circuit. Most nebulizers are either pneumatic(driven by compressed air) or ultrasonic. Most nebulizers include a heating element to provide a warm, humid aerosol. [Nebulizers can be] heated, nonheated or ultrasonic.

Key term(s)
  • nebuliser
  • atomiser
  • vaporiser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
DEF

Dispositif permettant de générer un nuage d'aérosol à partir d'une solution ou d'une suspension, en vue de son administration dans les voies aériennes.

CONT

[Les] nébuliseurs pneumatiques […] sont les premiers nébuliseurs à être apparus sur le marché. Ils sont composés de trois parties distinctes : la source de pression qui peut-être un compresseur ou un gaz (oxygène ou air comprimé); le nébuliseur (réservoir, cuve, chambre de nébulisation) dans lequel on introduit la solution à nébuliser; l'embout buccal ou le masque relié au nébuliseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Vías de administración (Farmacología)
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Record 3 1981-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

A device which regulates the flow of gas from a high pressure source in response to a reduction of pressure at its outlet. In aircraft breathing systems the gas is either oxygen or a mixture of air and oxygen and the flow from the regulator to the face masks is controlled by the pressure fluctuations in the mask produced by breathing. The flow of gas from a demand regulator matches the instantaneous inspiratory flow of the user.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Appareil qui règle le débit de gaz provenant d'une source à haute pression en réponse à une dépression à son orifice de sortie. Dans les systèmes d'inhalateurs placés dans les avions, le gaz est soit de l'oxygène soit un mélange d'air et d'oxygène et le débit dans la section comprise entre le régulateur et le masque est réglé par les fluctuations de pression produites dans le masque, par la respiration. Le débit du gaz à la sortie du régulateur à la demande correspond au débit inspiratoire de l'utilisateur au même moment.

Spanish

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