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- adjective   Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator 
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- adjective provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation
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Examples
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								ASPEN's professional staff includes respiratory therapists with extensive experience and expertise in chronic, medically complex respiratory disease and long-term ventilatory support. unknown title 2009 
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								ASPEN's professional staff includes respiratory therapists with extensive experience and expertise in chronic, medically complex respiratory disease and long-term ventilatory support. unknown title 2009 
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								ASPEN's professional staff includes respiratory therapists with extensive experience and expertise in chronic, medically complex respiratory disease and long-term ventilatory support. unknown title 2009 
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								At altitude, the human body adjusts to taking more frequent, deeper breaths in a process called ventilatory acclimatization. Re-Entering New York's Atmosphere Joshua Robinson 2011 
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								Find your fat-blasting sweet spot It's known as your ventilatory threshold VT1 -- the point in your workout where you shift from burning fat to burning carbs. 
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								These services include nutritional, financial and psychiatric counseling, a support group for patients and family members in both the pre - and post-transplant phase, use of noninvasive mechanical ventilatory support techniques to stabilize patients prior to transplantation, and a pulmonary conditioning program. Transplant Programs 2010 
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								Hypercapnia and hypoxia rebreathing tests are used to evaluate suspected disorders of ventilatory control. 
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								The pulmonary function laboratories include tests of routine pulmonary function, infant pulmonary function, ventilatory control, exercise-related breathing disorders, and bronchial reactivity. 
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								This was corrected after intubation and ventilatory assistance. Loads 2010 
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								In the most severe cases, ventilatory support with high-frequency ventilation or ECMO may be required. Bronchopulmonary sequestration and Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid 2010 
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