A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thus reducing the shunting of blood through the lungs and improving gas exchange
An ulceration caused by prolonged pressure on the SKIN and TISSUES when one stays in one position for a long period of time, such as lying in bed. The bony areas of the body are the most frequently affected sites which become ischemic (ISCHEMIA) under sustained and constant pressure
Pressure transducers. : How It's Made: Oil Pressure Sensors, Large Format Printing, Heavy Equipment Simulators - Series 23, Ep 7 of 13 / Director: Lambert, Pierre
Pressure Ulcer -- surgery : Reconstructive plastic surgery of pressure ulcers / Salah Rubayi ; with contributions by Burl R. Wagenheim and Alicia Mcleland
Pressure vessels -- Linings. : Stainless steel sheet lining of steel tanks and pressure vessels / by Richard E. Avery, Jonathan D. Harrington and William L. Mathay
Pressure vessels -- Safety measures -- Congresses. : Acoustic emission monitoring of pressurized systems : a symposium / sponsored by ASTM Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing, American Society for Testing and Materials, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 25-26 Jan., 1979 ; W.F. Hartman and J.W. McElroy, editors