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

TE Weaver, RR Grunstein - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
positive airway pressure (CPAP) to reverse upper airway … by variable adherence to prescribed
therapy. When adherence is … automatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the …

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 … positive airway pressure (CPAP),
(2) bilevel positive airway … patients being treated with positive airway pressure therapy. …

Positive pressure therapy

PJ Strollo Jr, MH Sanders, CW Atwood - Clinics in chest medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
Positive airway pressure remains the initial medical treatment … In this article we discuss the
utility of positive airway pressure … on the future of positive airway pressure therapy for OSDB. …

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–…

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
… Despite technological advances in the application of positive airway pressure therapy (ie,
better mask interfaces, objective compliance monitoring, bilevel and auto-titrating machines), …

Positive pressure therapy: a perspective on evidence-based outcomes and methods of application

MH Sanders, JM Montserrat, R Farre… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
… Cumulative survival of patients with obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea by categories of
average daily use of positive airway pressure therapy. Patients with average daily use less than …

[HTML][HTML] Positive airway pressure therapies and hospitalization in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

MM Vasquez, LA McClure, DL Sherrill, SR Patel… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… receive positive airway pressure therapy: continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel
positive airway pressure, and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation using a home ventilator. …

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

MS Aloia, M Stanchina, JT Arnedt, A Malhotra… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
… 10 Positive airway pressure (PAP) is acknowledged as the … of positive pressure to the upper
airway at a constant level, acting as a pneumatic splint to keep the pharyngeal airway open …

[HTML][HTML] Positive airway pressure therapy for heart failure

T Kato, S Suda, T Kasai - World journal of cardiology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Core tip: Less-invasive, non-pharmacological approaches may improve outcomes for
patients with heart failure, and the role of positive airway pressure therapy is discussed in this …

Pressure-relief continuous positive airway pressure vs constant continuous positive airway pressure: a comparison of efficacy and compliance

G Nilius, A Happel, U Domanski, KH Ruhle - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
… Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the therapy of choice for the treatment of
OSAS. Although CPAP is effective treatment of objective and subjective complaints,1, 2 …