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  2. These machines to help people breathe were recalled a year ...

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    Halting recalled CPAP or BiPAP machines can also be "unacceptably risky" for certain patients, physicians warned in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

  3. Recall: Popular Sleep Apnea Machines Linked to Over 500 Deaths

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    CPAP and BiPAP machines are both worn at night to help those with sleep apnea. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that previously recalled sleep apnea machines have ...

  4. Ventilator-associated pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of lung infection that occurs in people who are on mechanical ventilation breathing machines in hospitals. As such, VAP typically affects critically ill persons that are in an intensive care unit (ICU) and have been on a mechanical ventilator for at least 48 hours.

  5. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    This can be the result of an upper respiratory infection that causes nasal congestion, along with swelling of the throat, or tonsillitis that temporarily produces very enlarged tonsils. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The Epstein-Barr virus , for example, is known to be able to dramatically increase the size of lymphoid tissue during acute infection, and OSA is ...

  6. Positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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    Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those who are critically ill in hospital with respiratory failure, in newborn infants (), and for the prevention and treatment of atelectasis in patients with difficulty taking deep breaths.

  7. Ventilator-associated lung injury - Wikipedia

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    VALI is most common in people receiving mechanical ventilation for acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). [1] 24 percent of people mechanically ventilated will develop VALI for reasons other than ALI or ARDS. [1] The incidence is probably higher among people who already have ALI/ARDS, but estimates vary widely. [1]