The increasing burden of chronic respiratory disease to healthcare systems results in limited
capacity to effectively treat patients. People with respiratory diseases, especially when
exacerbated by muscular decruitment in sleep, are commonly prescribed a form of positive
airway pressure (PAP) device to provide airway support. PAP is set to provide a clinically set
PEEP (positive end expiratory pressure). The best method of setting PEEP, to maintain open
airways without causing barotrauma, is still debated. Therefore, the efficacy of PAP is largely …