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It will then pass through the lower airways like the trachea or windpipe.
The tests include confirming the patient is in a coma, evaluate the patient for seizures, test for motor response to painful stimulation, test for pupillary response to light, test for corneal reflex, test for oculocephalogyric reflex, test for vestibule-ocular reflex, test for upper and lower airway stimulation, test for gag reflex, perform apnea tests, perform an EEG and perform a cerebral angiography.
By setting a lower airway pressure, BIPAP reduces the mean airway pressure while it guarantees a certain lower airway pressure will be maintained.
 
 
 
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