What does APRV stand for?

airway pressure release ventilation

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Samples in periodicals archive:

They termed this paradigm shifter airway pressure release ventilation (APRV).

Is APRV just another option?

Bi-level and airway pressure release ventilation are programs that incorporate variability into the ventilator.

Applying fractal geometry to mechanical ventilation

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation, (APRV), is a mode of mechanical ventilation intended to allow patients to breathe spontaneously over intermittent and alternating levels of continuous positive airway pressure, (CPAP).

APRV for the reticent practitioner: a clinical note