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Ventilator

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ventilator /ven·ti·la·tor/ (ven´ti-la-tor)
1. an apparatus for qualifying the air breathed through it.
2. a device for giving artificial respiration or aiding in pulmonary ventilation.

cuirass ventilator  one applied only to the chest, either completely surrounding the trunk or only on the front of the chest and abdomen.

ven·ti·la·tor (vntl-tr)
n.

Ventilator
A machine that can breathe for an infant having RDS until its lungs are producing enough surfactant and are able to function normally.

ventilator
an apparatus designed to control air that is breathed through it or to either intermittently or continuously assist or control pulmonary ventilation; called also respirator. Use of a mechanical ventilator is indicated as a supportive measure in patients suffering from respiratory paralysis and in those with ventilatory failure manifested by either alveolar hypoventilation or distributive hypoxia, or both. It is a major activity in human nursing but of almost no importance in animals except for anesthetic purposes. See bird ventilator, cambridge ventilator, flomasta ventilator, manley ventilator, minivent ventilator, north american Dräger.

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