Positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

RK Kakkar, RB Berry - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
airway pressure (CPAP) treatment by Sullivan and coworkers 1 in 1983, positive airway
pressure (… mainstay of treatment for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. …

Upper airway pressure-flow relationships in obstructive sleep apnea

PL Smith, RA Wise, AR Gold… - Journal of applied …, 1988 - journals.physiology.org
apnea utilizing the concepts of a Starling resistor. In six patients with obstructive sleep
apnea, we applied incremental levels of positive pressure through a nasal mask during non-rapid-…

[HTML][HTML] New developments in the use of positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea

LM Donovan, S Boeder, A Malhotra… - Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder which afflicts a … ’s, continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) has emerged … behind the use of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy, its …

Lung volume and continuous positive airway pressure requirements in obstructive sleep apnea

RC Heinzer, ML Stanchina, A Malhotra… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
apnea. We sought to determine the influence of lung volume on the level … airway pressure
(CPAP) required to prevent flow limitation during non-REM sleep in subjects with sleep apnea. …

Determining the site of airway collapse in obstructive sleep apnea with airway pressure monitoring

GP Katsantonis, K Moss, S Miyazaki… - The …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
… Twenty patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) underwent complete polysomnography
and simultaneous upper airway pressure monitoring with a custom-made, soft silicone-…

Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for sleep apnea in older adults

TE Weaver, ER Chasens - Sleep medicine reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
… sequelae associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have … of continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) for the … of CPAP for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in older …

Mortality in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea patients treated with positive airway pressure

F Campos-Rodriguez, N Peña-Griñan, N Reyes-Nuñez… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
… The aims of this study were to analyze mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea
syndrome (OSAHS) treated with positive airway pressure (PAP) and to know whether …

Evidence of the effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

E Ballester, JR Badia, L Hernandez… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
… Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is worldwide considered as the … airway
pressure (CPAP) has been accepted worldwide as the treatment of choice for the sleep apnea/…

Long-term effect of continuous positive airway pressure in hypertensive patients with sleep apnea

F Barbé, J Durán-Cantolla, F Capote… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
… Rationale: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the current treatment for
patients with symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Its use for all subjects with sleep-…

Clinical guidelines for the manual titration of positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Positive Airway Pressure Titration Task Force … - … of Clinical Sleep …, 2008 - jcsm.aasm.org
… optimal pressure for maintaining upper airway patency. Continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (… the single fixed pressure of CPAP or the fixed …