The undersigned organizations wish to comment on the draft technology assessment
entitled,“Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Treatment for Obstructive Sleep …

Objectives Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most common ventilator
system therapy for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The US Medicare program …

In 1997 Wright and colleagues1 published a systematic review on the health effects of
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA) and the effectiveness of treatment with …

Rotenberg et al (1)(pages 170-174) report data from a crosssectional survey sent to
otolaryngologists, respirologists and family physicians in Ontario, to characterize wait times …

Treatment of OSA has been extensively studied in the past 15 years. There has been a large
number of controlled studies evaluating CPAP effects on sleepiness and daytime …

SLEEP, Vol. 28, No. 10, 2005 with OSAS, costs were much greater in the year prior to
diagnosis ($372) than in the 5 years before diagnosis. Furthermore, costs decreased after …

The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a noninvasive therapy for severe
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was first described in 1981 (1). It was found that low levels of …

Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is the standard modality for treating moderate and
severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. It was first described by Colin Sullivan, an …

As can be seen in the survival curves, the data supports that long-term treatment of OSA with
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) decreases the risk of fatal and non-fatal …

All recent reviews of the epidemiology of sleep- elsewhere [20–22], are not truly debates at
all: disordered breathing [1] have shown that ob- often the debaters agree more than …