Positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

RK Kakkar, RB Berry - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
CPAP delivers a predetermined constant pressure during both inspiration and exhalation
(… expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) and higher inspiratory positive airway pressure (…

Continuous positive airways pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults

TL Giles, TJ Lasserson, B Smith, J White… - Cochrane Database …, 2006 - cochranelibrary.com
… treatment for sleep apnoea is with the use of continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP), …
These are used at night to prevent apnoea, hypoxia and sleep disturbance. The objective …

A systematic review of continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome

C McDaid, KH Durée, SC Griffin, HLA Weatherly… - Sleep medicine …, 2009 - Elsevier
… The mainstay of treatment is administration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
during sleep; this opens the airway at pharyngeal level, acting as a pneumatic splint. …

Efficacy of positive airway pressure and oral appliance in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea

M Barnes, RD McEvoy, S Banks… - … journal of respiratory …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
… A group of 114 sleep clinic patients with an AHI of 5–30 have … positive airway pressure
(CPAP), a mandibular advancement splint, and a placebo tablet. Outcomes were sleep

Lung volume and continuous positive airway pressure requirements in obstructive sleep apnea

RC Heinzer, ML Stanchina, A Malhotra… - … journal of respiratory …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
apnea. We sought to determine the influence of lung volume on … positive airway pressure
(CPAP) required to prevent flow limitation during non-REM sleep in subjects with sleep apnea. …

Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for sleep apnea in older adults

TE Weaver, ER Chasens - Sleep medicine reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
… Given the prevalence and functional impact of OSA in the elderly, treatment for sleep apnea
positive airway pressure (CPAP), oral appliances and surgery. Continuous positive airway

Continuous positive airway pressure reduces blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea; a systematic review and meta-analysis with 1000 patients

ASO Schein, AC Kerkhoff, CC Coronel… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… We used the following keywords to search: ‘sleep apnea, obstructive’, ‘continuous positive
airway pressure’, ‘nasal continuous positive airway pressure’ associated with a list of …

Effect of continuous positive airway pressure vs placebo continuous positive airway pressure on sleep quality in obstructive sleep apnea

S Ancoli-Israel, JE Dimsdale - Chest, 1999 - Elsevier
positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy has become the treatment of choice for obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA). … Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy has become the …

Indications for positive airway pressure treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnea patients: a consensus statement

DI Loube, PC Gay, KP Strohl, AI Pack, DP White… - Chest, 1999 - Elsevier
… of positive airway pressure (PAP) costs for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Treatment modalities for OSA with PAP include continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel …

Associations of obstructive sleep apnea with atrial fibrillation and continuous positive airway pressure treatment: a review

D Linz, RD McEvoy, MR Cowie, VK Somers… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
positive airway pressure can help to maintain a sinus rhythm after electrical cardioversion
and catheter ablation in patients with AF. However, it remains unclear which sleep apnea