Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: the challenge to effective treatment

TE Weaver, RR Grunstein - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
airway pressure (CPAP) to reverse upper airway obstruction in sleep apnea, treatment
effectiveness is limited by variable adherence to prescribed therapy. … airway pressure therapy in …

Compliance with continuous positive airway pressure therapy: assessing and improving treatment outcomes

R Zozula, R Rosen - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… surgery or oral appliance therapy. Proper patient selection … upper airway obstruction is
crucial for these types of therapiesairway pressure (CPAP) has served as first line therapy over …

Positive airway pressure therapy of OSA

M Hirshkowitz, A Sharafkhaneh - Seminars in Respiratory and …, 2005 - thieme-connect.com
… Positive airway pressure is standard therapy for patients with … airway pressure (CPAP), (2)
bilevel positive airway pressure (… patients being treated with positive airway pressure therapy. …

Comparison between automatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the home

CA Massie, N McArdle, RW Hart… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
We tested the hypothesis that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use and outcomes
can be improved by an autotitrating CPAP device in patients with obstructive sleep apnea–…

Positive airway pressure therapy with adaptive servoventilation: part 1: operational algorithms

S Javaheri, LK Brown, WJ Randerath - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
… In the last two decades we have witnessed the introduction of sophisticated positive airway
pressure (PAP) devices for treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBDs). CPAP …

Adherence to and effectiveness of positive airway pressure therapy in children with obstructive sleep apnea

CL Marcus, G Rosen, SLD Ward, AC Halbower… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES. Positive airway pressure therapy (PAP) is frequently used to treat children
who have obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and do not respond to adenotonsillectomy. …

Continuous positive airway pressure therapy for treating gess in a diverse population with obstructive sleep apnea: results of a meta-analysis

SR Patel, DP White, A Malhotra… - Archives of internal …, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Background Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has become the standard
of care in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), 2 systematic reviews have …

Predictors of positive airway pressure therapy adherence in children: a prospective study

N DiFeo, LJ Meltzer, SE Beck… - Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - jcsm.aasm.org
airway pressure nightly use for month-1 The number of nights/month that positive airway
pressure therapy … Off-label use: This study used positive airway pressure therapy in children …

Effects of continuous positive airway pressure therapy withdrawal in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized controlled trial

M Kohler, AC Stoewhas, L Ayers, O Senn… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
… positive airway pressure (CPAP) withdrawal group (solid columns) whereas there was no
significant change in endothelial function in patients who continued with CPAP therapy (open …

Treatment adherence and outcomes in flexible vs standard continuous positive airway pressure therapy

MS Aloia, M Stanchina, JT Arnedt, A Malhotra… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
… alternates airway pressure between exhalation and inhalation on a breath-by-breath basis
(Fig 1). Airway pressurePressure is then increased again toward the end of exhalation when …