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| Vaporizer |
device designed to evaporate
a liquid and add the resulting vapor to a gas mixture. |
| VAPS |
Volume-Assured Pressure
Support (See Pressure
Augmentation.) |
| VCV |
Volume-Controlled Ventilation
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| Ventilator |
An automatic mechanical/pneumatic
device designed to reduce or provide the work required
to move gas into and out of the lungs. |
| Ventilator Expiratory
Resistance |
The resistance to flow from
the point at which the patient circuit is connected to
the patient through the exhalation valve to the atmosphere. |
| Volume |
The space occupied by a
mass of gas under given conditions of temperature and
pressure; the physical space inside a structure. |
| Volume-Assured Pressure
Support |
(See Pressure
Augmentation.) |
| Volume-Control Mode |
A mode of ventilator operation
in which the ventilator attempts to produce a preset volume
waveform with a specified tidal volume during inspiration. |
