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) is a highly effective treatment for
obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. The apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) is reduced 10-fold, but …

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

H Teschler, TE Wessendorf, AA Farhat… - European …, 2000 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Autoadjusting nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) greatly reduces the
apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI), and affords a significant reduction in median pressure …

Nasal breathing and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

JH Hollandt, M Mahlerwein - Sleep and Breathing, 2003 - thieme-connect.com
Although nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) treatment is the most efficient
therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), compliance with therapy is poor because of …

Comparison of three ways to determine and deliver pressure during nasal CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea

SD West, DR Jones, JR Stradling - Thorax, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: The simplest method of initiating and maintaining therapeutic continuous
positive airways pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has not been …

Compliance with nasal CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea: how much is enough?

WT McNicholas - European Respiratory Journal, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is a highly effective therapy for
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and can completely abolish apnoeas when effective …

Use of conventional and self-adjusting nasal continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a comparative study

M Konermann, BM Sanner, M Vyleta, F Laschewski… - Chest, 1998 - Elsevier
Study objectives To compare conventional and self-adjusting nasal continuous positive
airway pressure (nCPAP) therapy in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome …

Tolerance and intolerance to continuous positive airway pressure

M Anstead, B Phillips, K Buch - Current opinion in pulmonary …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most effective and widely used
therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. As with any chronic therapy, long-term compliance has …

[HTML][HTML] Attended home titration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea

RE Waldhorn, K Wood - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) is usually titrated in a sleep laboratory with full polysomnographic monitoring until …

[PDF][PDF] A long-term randomized, cross-over comparison of auto-titrating and standard nasal continuous airway pressure

DW Hudgel, C Fung - SLEEP-NEW YORK-, 2000 - scholar.archive.org
This study is a 12-week randomized, cross-over, single-blind comparison of the tolerance,
compliance, and symptomatic improvement obtained with standard nasal continuous …

Computerized adjustable versus fixed NCPAP treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

MB Scharf, DE Brannen, MD McDannold, DV Berkowitz - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
An automated positive airway pressure device that monitors respiratory patterns and
provides dynamic, real-time, relational pressure has been developed for the treatment of …