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The air pressure keeps the airway open. A BiPAP machine reduces the pressure when you exhale.

If you need a machine to breathe for you then I am sure that a ventilator is required.

I was just wondering if a much less scarce CPAP, APAP, or BiPAP could be used or modified for use on the lower end of the spectrum.


I suspect that the problem has to do with easily modifying settings and viewing the data in real time to make rapid decisions. I believe that the higher end machines collect the data and can display it in real time with an attached laptop. It is not ideal and it is probably not FDA approved for the purpose. I don’t know if it would work.