Ventilators, Negative-Pressure

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Body ventilators that assist ventilation by applying intermittent subatmospheric pressure around the thorax, abdomen, or airway and periodically expand the chest wall and inflate the lungs. They are relatively simple to operate and do not require tracheostomy. These devices include the tank ventilators ("iron lung"), Portalung, Pneumowrap, and chest cuirass ("tortoise shell").

Descriptor ID	D015919
MeSH Number(s)	E07.950.500
Concept/Terms	Ventilators, Negative-Pressure Ventilators, Negative-Pressure Ventilators, Negative Pressure Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Ventilators Negative Pressure Pulmonary Ventilators Pulmonary Ventilator, Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Ventilator, Negative Pressure Pulmonary Ventilators, Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Ventilators, Negative Pressure Ventilators, Pulmonary, Negative-Pressure Respirators, Negative-Pressure Negative-Pressure Respirator Negative-Pressure Respirators Respirator, Negative-Pressure Respirators, Negative Pressure Respirators, Pulmonary, Negative-Pressure Negative-Pressure Ventilators Negative Pressure Ventilators Negative-Pressure Ventilator Ventilator, Negative-Pressure Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Ventilator Negative Pressure Pulmonary Ventilator Ventilators, Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Ventilator, Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Ventilator, Negative Pressure Pulmonary Tank Ventilators Tank Ventilators Tank Ventilator Ventilator, Tank Ventilators, Tank

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ventilators, Negative-Pressure".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Equipment and Supplies [E07]
Ventilators, Mechanical [E07.950]
Ventilators, Negative-Pressure [E07.950.500]

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