Automatic CPAP performance in patients with sleep apnea plus COPD

A Guerrero, JM Montserrat, R Farre… - COPD: Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Automatic CPAP devices have demonstrated good results in obtaining optimal
fixed CPAP pressure to eliminate respiratory events in patients with sleep apnea-hypopnea …

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with a simple CPAP device

ZH Qiu, SF Liang, XB Deng, QS Wei, YM Luo… - Sleep and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose CPAP is the “gold standard” treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Current
CPAP models have developed additional functions including automatic CPAP and pressure …

CPAP compliance in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

O Yetkin, E Kunter, H Gunen - Sleep and Breathing, 2008 - Springer
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by repeated cessations of
breathing during sleep. Major symptoms of this disease are excessive daytime sleepiness …

Comparison of manual and automatic CPAP titration in patients with sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.

P Lloberes, E Ballester, JM Montserrat… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
Automatic CPAP (auto-CPAP) is engineered to automatically provide a positive pressure to
the upper airway in response to apnea, hypopnea, airflow limitation, or snoring in patients …

Response of automatic continuous positive airway pressure devices to different sleep breathing patterns: a bench study

R Farré, JM Montserrat, J Rigau, X Trepat… - American Journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Evaluating the usefulness of automatic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in
treating the sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is not easy because the algorithms …

Randomized short-term trial of two autoCPAP devices versus fixed continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of sleep apnea

O Senn, T Brack, F Matthews, EW Russi… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
We evaluated the efficacy of two different continuous positive airway pressure devices with
automatic mask pressure adjustment (autoCPAP) in comparison with fixed CPAP in treating …

Automatic CPAP titration with different self-setting devices in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

A Stammnitz, A Jerrentrup, T Penzel… - European …, 2004 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Autotitrating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices automatically adjust the
pressure according to upper airway obstructions. The aim of this study was to compare the …

Two months follow up of auto-CPAP treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

A Boudewyns, V Grillier-Lanoir, MJ Willemen… - Thorax, 1999 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with fixed mask pressure is
the current standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Auto-CPAP devices …

Constant vs auto-continuous positive airway pressure in patients with sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome and a high variability in pressure requirement

A Noseda, C Kempenaers, M Kerkhofs, S Braun… - Chest, 2004 - Elsevier
Study objectives: Auto-continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been reported to
have no more efficacy than constant CPAP in unselected patients with sleep apnea …

Effects of fixed compared to automatic CPAP on sleep in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

O Resta, P Carratù, A Depalo… - Monaldi archives for …, 2004 - monaldi-archives.org
Background: Automatic CPAP has been developed to improve CPAP efficiency and
compliance. Continually matching the effective pressure may be associated to more frequent …