Two types of airway clearance devices are the positive expiratory pressure device (PEP) and the oscillating positive pressure device. A PEP device increases resistance to expiratory airflow to promote mucus clearance by preventing airway closure and increasing collateral ventilation.

PEP stands for Positive Expiratory Pressure. It is a treatment to help people who have difficulty clearing sputum (phlegm) from their lungs. The equipment consists of a facemask with a range of coloured expiratory resistors and a manometer (pressure gauge). The manometer checks the pressure at which you are breathing out.

The positive expiratory pressure (PEP) device is a simple, easy to use, single patient use PEP device. Nine colour coded resistor sizes are available and the appropriate resistor is selected for the patient. ClearLite™ facemask is available for patients who …

PEP stands for Positive Expiratory Pressure. When you breathe out through the mask, pressure builds up in your lungs, which helps to keep the airways open wide and also allows air to get behind the sputum so that it can be coughed up more easily. Assemble the device as shown by your physiotherapist.

PEP is the application of a positive expiratory pressure between 10-20cmH2O via a mask or mouthpiece as an airway clearance technique aimed at increasing lung volumes by mobilizing, transporting and evacuating secretions in spontaneously breathing patients.

Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy involves breathing with a slightly active expiration against an expiratory resistance. It is used for: Face mask (close-fitting) with a one-way valve to which expiratory resistors are attached (Fig. 1) or the Pari PEP system 1 device (Fig. 2). 2.

A positive expiratory pressure (PEP) mask is a facial mask connected to a breathing valve which creates resistance on exhalation (breathing out) to help remove secretions (phlegm) from the lungs.

The PEP mask is a treatment for children and adults who need help to clear secretions (sputum / phlegm / mucus) from their lungs. What does it consist of? How does the PEP mask work? When you breathe out through the PEP mask air flows through the attached coloured resistor.

This factsheet explains what the PEP technique is and how to use your PEP device safely at home. Which device do you have? Manometer. What is PEP? PEP stands for positive expiratory pressure. It is a technique that applies a ‘back pressure’ to your airways as you breathe out.

The positive expiratory pressure mask (PEP) is a mask fitted with an inspiratory valve and an expiratory valve containing a resistor (See fig. 1). The PEP mask is designed to stop your airways closing or narrowing when you breathe out. By keeping your airways open secretions will be easier to cough up and clear.