Positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

RK Kakkar, RB Berry - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
… description of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment by Sullivan and coworkers
1 in 1983, positive airway pressure (PAP) remains the mainstay of treatment for moderate…

Evaluation of positive airway pressure treatment for sleep related breathing disorders in adults

P Gay, T Weaver, D Loube, C Iber - Sleep, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… -week continuous positive airway pressure treatment in patients … controlled trial of continuous
positive airway pressure in mild … positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure in …

Continuous positive airway pressure treatment

J Saini, J Krieger, G Brandenberger… - Hormone and …, 1993 - thieme-connect.com
… For one night no treatment was given and for the other continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) treat… For the non-treatment night GH levels were low and increased significantly with …

The effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

SB Montesi, BA Edwards, A Malhotra… - Journal of Clinical Sleep …, 2012 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: We sought to provide an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of
studies investigating the effect of positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment for obstructive …

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 …

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 …
Positive airway pressure at the beginning of expiration is not necessary because the risk of …

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment: current realities and future

M Berthon-Jones, S Lawrence, CE Sullivan… - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… Nasal continuous posItIve airway pressure (CPAP) remains the treatment of choice for …
side effects of traditional fixed-pressure nasal CPAP treatment and discusses practical issues 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
Although nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is generally effective in correcting
sleep-related respiratory disturbance and associated daytime sequelae in obstructive …

Effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on daytime function in sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

HM Engleman, SE Martin, NJ Douglas, IJ Deary - The Lancet, 1994 - Elsevier
… The treatment of choice for SAHS is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), … Long-term
compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Am Rev Respir Dis …

Effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

HF Becker, A Jerrentrup, T Ploch, L Grote, T Penzel… - circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
… Because there are no controlled studies showing a substantial effect of nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (nCPAP) therapy on hypertension in OSA, the impact of treatment on …