Airway pressure ventilator

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a pressure control mode of mechanical ventilation that utilizes an inverse ratio ventilation strategy. APRV is an applied continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a type of positive airway pressure (PAP) that at a set timed interval releases the applied pressure.
See: Artificial respiration
See more generally: Breathing
The Alaska Sleep Clinic's ... patients are prescribed CPAP or even APAP machines for therapy. However, compliance is one of the keys to successful treatment, and if you're finding that your CPAP pressure settings are too difficult to manage, give us a call and we'll help you find the proper alternative, which may just be a BiPAP machine. [18]