Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Its Non Invasive Ventilation which is also known as Breathing Support, Its draws in air from room and then filter it and pressurizes it into lungs based on pressure setting.

Advantages Of CPAP:

Used to treat OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), Its basically a condition when you stop breathing during your sleep about hundred times in night or even at day nap which cause hypoxia (lack of oxygenation to brain and heart)

Disadvantages Of CPAP:

• Stomach bloating
• Nasal Congestion

Indications For CPAP:

It normalizes blood oxygen saturation, and also used as a quick delivery of oxygen when there is a obstruction in path of airway during sleep like COPD(Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, It helps to keep opening of upper airway of lungs.

It affect brain by leading almost complete reversal of white matter abnormalities (12 months)

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS):

It is also known as Surfactant Deficiency in which lungs not developed fully to able to produce enough surfactants which open lungs passage (bronchus), Its a Hyaline Membrane Disease also known as Preterm Disease.

Pulmonary Edema:

Excessive fluid accumulation in tissue or air space of lungs cause hypoxemia which can cause of Respiratory Failure, Kidney Failure, Heart Disease

Atelectasis:

Partial collapse of lungs, blockage of air passage known as bronchus, bronchioles due to mucus or any other object like clot

Treatment:

• Obstruction is remove by bronchoscopy
• Breathing Exercises (Incentive Spirometry)
• Percussion, Shaking, Compression, Vibration to get rid of mucus

Recent Extubating:

It is based on four criteria

M-Mental Status

O-Oxygenation

V-Ventilation

E-Expectoration

Removal of endotracheal tube may also increase risk of laryngeal spasm, cough and stridor

Use Suction device to remove any kind of debris in mouth

Transient Tachypnoea Of Newborn (TTN):

Slow absorption of fluid in fetal lungs shortly after delivery which is related to respiratory problem

Characteristics:

• Expiratory Grunting
• Nasal Flaring
• Cyanosis

It mostly occur in babies whose mother have diabetes or either by C-section, rapid vaginal delivery

Tracheomalacia:

Softness of intrathoracic trachea dilates with inspiration and narrow with expiration

Intrathoracic pressure substantially greater than intraluminal pressure

Types Of Tracheomalacia:

• Tracheomalacia-trachea softening
• Bronchomalacia-bronchus softening
• Tracheobronchomalacia-trachea and bronchioles softening

Apnea Of Prematurity:

Throat muscles in relax condition during sleep.