… Oral appliance therapy has emerged as an important alternative to continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) in treating patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). In …

… of positive airway pressure (PAP) showed that untreated patients with OSAHS had higher
mortality rates compared with both the general population and treated patients. In all of these …

… patient on an auto-adjusting positive airway pressure device without a preceding titration …
positive airway pressure device following diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea by home sleep …

… positive airway pressure (CPAP) vs control (Wald test). B, Panel A with CPAP group stratified
according to adherence (<4 vs ≥4 h/night) and the P values for their incidence density …

… The accepted metric to define the effectiveness of positive airway pressure (PAP), for the
treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is hours of home use. However, it is a surrogate …

… Furthermore, their assessment of respiratory events during positive airway pressure … study
used a more sensitive pressure transducer signal of pressure difference between mask and …

… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly … Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy
prevents the collapse of the pharyngeal airway to improve hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and sleep …

… unclear why continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) often results in weight gain. … The
first-line treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, whether …

… As adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is crucial in the
successful management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), identification of the many factors that …

… Randomized placebo-controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure on blood
pressure in the sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:344–348. …