… Most studies have found that efficacy of APAP and CPAP … adherence, quality of life, or
sleepiness for APAP over CPAP. … the benefit of treatment, or even on the definition of mild apnea. …

… APAP offers the theoretical benefit of allowing adjustments to be made to pressure delivery
in the patient’s home, as well as adjusting to fluctuations in body position, sleep cycle, and …

… The overall significant benefit of the proactive strategy compared with standard care on
therapy termination was the same in patients whose first device was APAP or CPAP, or bilevel or …

… ), bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP), and automatic positive airway pressure (APAP). …
CPAP, especially in severe OSA. In short-term benefits, MAS reduces the arousal and apnea-…

… benefits, nightly CPAP use remains problematic for some patients. Difficulty with CPAP may
… APAP is set to a pressure range and the delivered pressure varies depending upon a device…

… to CPAP [40, 41], but those with some specific characteristics are more likely to benefit from
… occurs due to APAP treatment, so APAP may be less effective than CPAP in treating OSAS-…

… offered no additional benefit regarding further CPAP acceptance. However, … benefit most
from HH at initialization of APAP therapy. It is desirable to identify subjects most likely to benefit …

… that some patients benefit from APAP over CPAP. These … Similarly, there are a group of
patients in whom APAP may be less … can trigger additional breaths noted by the APAP device]. …

… of data obtained from the APAP device. It would also be of benefit to explain that pressure
… “We recommend that clinicians use either CPAP or APAP for ongoing treatment of OSA in …

… from the APAP machine being lower than the apnea-… the benefits of lower pressures, only
60% of their patients with uncomplicated obstructive sleep apnea could get to an APAP apnea-…