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

Positive Airway Pressure Titration Task Force … - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - jcsm.aasm.org
Positive airway pressure (PAP) devices are used to treat patients with sleep related
breathing disorders (SRBDs), including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). After a patient is …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting Effective Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) based on Laboratory Titration and Auto-titrating CPAP

P Westbrook, D Levendowski… - 8th World Congress …, 2006 - researchgate.net
Objectives: Previous reports suggest an effective starting CPAP pressure for treatment of
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) can be predicted using an algorithm. The goals of this …

Empiric auto-titrating CPAP in people with suspected obstructive sleep apnea

F Drummond, P Doelken, QA Ahmed… - Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - jcsm.aasm.org
Objective: Efficient diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be difficult
because of time delays imposed by clinic visits and serial overnight polysomnography. In …

Continuous positive airway pressure titration for obstructive sleep apnoea: automatic versus manual titration

N McArdle, B Singh, M Murphy, KR Gain, C Maguire… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Background and aims Manual laboratory continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
titration for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is costly, time intensive and delays access to …

Barriers to treatment of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea: development of the adherence barriers to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) questionnaire

SL Simon, CL Duncan, DM Janicke, MH Wagner - Sleep medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment is often prescribed
for youth as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Efficacy research in youth is …

Comparison between the apnea-hypopnea indices determined by the REMstar Auto M series and those determined by standard in-laboratory polysomnography in …

Y Ikeda, T Kasai, F Kawana, S Kasagi, H Takaya… - Internal …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective treatment for
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). After performing an initial titration study, most physicians do …

Randomized short-term trial of two autoCPAP devices versus fixed continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of sleep apnea

O Senn, T Brack, F Matthews, EW Russi… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
We evaluated the efficacy of two different continuous positive airway pressure devices with
automatic mask pressure adjustment (autoCPAP) in comparison with fixed CPAP in treating …

Efficacy and patient satisfaction with autoadjusting CPAP with variable expiratory pressure vs standard CPAP: a two-night randomized crossover trial

AT Mulgrew, R Cheema, J Fleetham, CF Ryan… - Sleep and …, 2007 - Springer
Expiratory pressure relief (C-Flex) technology monitors the patient's airflow during expiration
and reduces the pressure in response to the patient. Increased comfort levels associated …

Comparison of manual versus automatic continuous positive airway pressure titration and the development of a predictive equation for therapeutic continuous positive …

J Luo, S Xiao, Z Qiu, N Song, Y Luo - Respirology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Whether the therapeutic nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) derived from manual titration is the same as derived from automatic …

Autoadjusting CPAP therapy based on impedance efficacy, compliance and acceptance

WJ Randerath, O Schraeder, W Galetke… - American journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Constant continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for the
obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). To enable the pressure to be matched more …