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The patient should be oxygenated by using positive-pressure ventilation from the onset of anesthesia until resumption of spontaneous respirations, except during the brief period of the application of the stimulus and the subsequent muscular spasm before the actual seizure begins.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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The air in this corridor was as flat and pure and dead as it was in the bay, BioSci had ordered a clean, positive-pressure balance all around the bay, just in case.
Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984
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Research on both viruses is conducted in Biosafety Level 4, or maximum containment, laboratories, where investigators wear positive-pressure "space suits" and breathe filtered air as they work.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In a recent interview in her positive-pressure isolation room, Ruiz was cheerful and hopeful about the outcome of the new procedure.
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Conventional treatment is by intermittent positive-pressure ventilation where oxygen-enriched air is blown into the lungs at high pressure.
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A Class 10,000 clean room facility maintains a positive-pressure environment to ensure that when entering the laboratory, air flows out of the clean room facility, limiting the possibility of contaminants entering the room.
Media Newswire 2009
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A. RESIDUA. LIMB SHRINKA.E A.D SHA.ING: Shrinking and shaping of the residual limb is usually accomplished by compression from an elastic bandage, intermittent positive-pressure compression, or a tubular elastic bandage.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows abdulrehmanm 2009
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Oasis was equipped with positive-pressure air locks and hazmat suits for external forays in emergencies, but Ulric didn’t want to use them if he didn’t have to.
The Ark Boyd Morrison 2009
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