Auto-adjusting versus fixed positive pressure therapy in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea

GM Nolan, LS Doherty, WT Mc Nicholas - Sleep, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) devices are … modality of therapy that
continuously adjust the pressure to the … automatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the …

Auto-adjusting and advanced positive airway pressure therapeutic modalities

A Ryden, JM Bando, RS Aysola - Seminars in respiratory and …, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
… -assured pressure support (AVAPS) is an automatically titrating mode of BPAP, which targets
a preset volume by automatic adjustment of pressure support. The IPAP adjusts to maintain …

Randomised controlled trial of autoadjusting positive airway pressure in morbidly obese patients requiring high therapeutic pressure delivery

J Bakker, A Campbell, A Neill - Journal of sleep research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Autoadjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) devices are being increasingly used to treat
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Anecdotal encounters of obese patients requiring high …

Self-Adjusting Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Based on the Measurement of ImpedanceA Comparison of Free Pressure Variation and Individually …

W Randerath, K Parys, D Lehmann, B Sanner… - Respiration, 2000 - karger.com
… used a self-adjusting system for CPAP therapy which, on the … FOT ), titrates treatment pressure
within the preset limits of 4.0–… automatic titration, the pressure required manual adjustment

Self-adjusting nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy based on measurement of impedance: a comparison of two different maximum pressure levels

WJ Randerath, K Parys, F Feldmeyer, B Sanner, KH Ru - Chest, 1999 - Elsevier
… of the arousal index in automatic positive airway pressure therapy. Due to the algorithm …
pressure dependent on the improvement of airway obstruction, there was a lower mean pressure

Comparison of three auto-adjusting positive pressure devices in patients with sleep apnoea

GM Nolan, S Ryan, TM O'Connor… - European Respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… routine prescription of auto-adjustable positive airway pressure as initial therapy for severe
… that, at present, auto-adjustable positive airway pressure therapy be reserved for patients …

Bench testing of auto-adjusting positive airway pressure devices

F Abdenbi, B Chambille… - European Respiratory …, 2004 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… In conclusion, tested auto-adjusting positive airway pressure … These differences are
indicated by the amount of pressureautomatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the …

The value of auto-adjustable CPAP devices in pressure titration and treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

K Hertegonne, F Bauters - Sleep medicine reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Pressure (CPAP) is the gold standard therapy. In the last decade, new technologies such as
auto-adjustable … because of their ability to adapt the pressure level to the patient's need at all …

Flexible positive airway pressure improves treatment adherence compared with auto-adjusting PAP

Y Chihara, T Tsuboi, T Hitomi, M Azuma, K Murase… - Sleep, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… at the beginning of exhalation and returned to the therapeutic pressure just before inhalation…
flexibly deliver pressure on a breath-by-breath basis by adjusting pressure within exhalation…

Two months auto-adjusting versus conventional nCPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

H Teschler, TE Wessendorf, AA Farhat… - European …, 2000 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… There was some variability (SD 1 cmH2O) in the AutoSet recommended pressure for
subsequent fixed pressure therapy from night to night. Although at least some of this variability may …