… Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the gold standard in the treatment of
… the reduction of the apnea–hypopnea index was calculated based on individual adherence …

… The accepted metric to define the effectiveness of positive airway pressure (PAP), for the …
However, it is a surrogate measure, as it does not directly assess the apnea hypopnea index (…

… apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Recently, several auto-CPAP devices that can detect
upper airway … The purpose of this study was to compare the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) …

… airway pressure (CPAP) normalizes both the apnea–hypopnea index and diurnal symptoms…
However, the effect of CPAP in persons with a pathologic apnea–hypopnea index without …

… CPAP compliance definition was established using commonly used definitions of adequate
compliance that are positive airway pressure (PAP) usage of >4 hours per night for 70% of …

… Hypopnea was defined as a reduction in amplitude of airflow… The number of apneas and
hypopneas per hour of non-rapid … -REM index, REM index, and total apnea-hypopnea index (…

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is worldwide considered as the standard
treatment of sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) although studies on the effectiveness of …

… A related but different issue concerns the accuracy of the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI), as
measured by the PAP unit in the home environment for the purposes of treatment efficacy (ie, …

… apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) treated with continuous positive airway pressure (…
We also sought correlations between polysomnographic (PSG) indices and benefit from use …

… All of them had mild SAHS, defined as an apnea plus hypopnea index (AHI) between 10
and 30 recorded during a full, standard polysomnography, and absence of severe daytime …