Guidelines for the evaluation and management of sleep disorders from national societies
provide recommendations that may be regionally appropriate but may not always be …

Introduction: This guideline establishes clinical practice recommendations for positive
airway pressure (PAP) treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults and is intended …

Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to provide supporting evidence for the
clinical practice guideline for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults using …

Results 1. We recommend that clinicians use PAP, compared to no therapy, to treat OSA in
adults with excessive sleepiness.(STRONG) 2. We suggest that clinicians use PAP …

We developed a short-length document that clearly delineates a prudent approach to and
criteria for reimbursement of positive airway pressure (PAP) costs for the treatment of …

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder that often
requires lifelong care. Available practice parameters provide evidence-based …

Extract The recently published technology assessment of continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP), prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of …

Opinion statement Sleep apnea is a major public health problem that afflicts 9% of women
and 24% of men 30 to 60 years of age. It is highly treatable, but when untreated, it has been …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common condition that is associated with multiple
adverse consequences, including worsened health outcomes, diminished quality of life, and …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the world's most common chronic respiratory
illnesses, affecting perhaps a billion people worldwide. 1 After 40 years of treatment of OSA …