PEP stands for Positive Expiratory Pressure. It is a treatment to help people who have difficulty clearing sputum (phlegm) from their lungs.
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PEP is the application of a positive expiratory pressure between 10-20cmH2O via a mask or mouthpiece as an airway clearance technique aimed at increasing lung ...
PEP stands for Positive Expiratory Pressure. When you breathe out through the mask, pressure builds up in your lungs, which helps to keep the airways open wide ...
In positive expiratory pressure (PEP), a person breathes through a mask or a handheld mouthpiece. PEP devices allow air to flow freely as you breathe in, but ...
The use of the positive expiratory pressure (PEP) mask is known in the pediatric field especially in cystic fibrosis for the removal of secretions and lung re- ...
The PEP device (mask or mouthpiece) gives a small degree of resistance to the breath out and this resistance splints open the airways. Bubble PEP is used in ...
Positive Expiratory Pressure, or PEP, is a small device that a patient exhales into, using a mask. PEP is also called PEP Therapy, PEP Mask or TheraPEP.
The positive expiratory pressure (PEP) device is a simple, easy to use, single patient use PEP device. Nine colour coded resistor sizes are available.
PEP therapy consists of cycles of breathing through a mask or a mouthpiece device, followed by the forced expiration technique and coughing.
It consists of breathing through a flow‐dependant PEP device attached to a face mask with a closed system creating a PEP of between 10 to 20 cm H₂0 for 12 to 15 ...
