Can patients with obstructive sleep apnea titrate their own continuous positive airway pressure?

MF Fitzpatrick, CED Alloway, TM Wakeford… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
Manual continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration in a sleep laboratory is costly
and limits access for diagnostic studies. Many factors affect CPAP compliance, but education …

CPAP compliance in sleep apnea patients with and without laboratory CPAP titration

MK Means, JD Edinger, AM Husain - Sleep and Breathing, 2004 - thieme-connect.com
Advances in auto-adjusting positive airway pressure technology for obstructive sleep apnea
now permit this treatment to be initiated outside of the sleep laboratory environment …

Long-term compliance rates to continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea: a population-based study

DD Sin, I Mayers, GCW Man, L Pawluk - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objectives To determine long-term compliance rates to continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea enrolled in a …

CPAP therapy in patients with mild OSA: implementation and treatment outcome

L Rosenthal, R Gerhardstein, A Lumley, P Guido… - Sleep Medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
Objectives: To determine continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment compliance
and reversal of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with mild OSA. Background: CPAP …

Continuous positive airway pressure requirement during the first month of treatment in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea

R Jokic, A Klimaszewski, G Sridhar, MF Fitzpatrick - Chest, 1998 - Elsevier
Objectives (1) To compare the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) requirement at
the time of diagnosis (T 0), after 2 weeks (T 2), and after 4 weeks (T 4) of CPAP treatment, in …

Accuracy of an unattended home CPAP titration in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

F Series - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Treatment of sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) by fixed continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) requires an in-laboratory titration procedure to determine the effective …

A randomized cross‐over study of auto‐continuous positive airway pressure versus fixed‐continuous positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep …

KW To, WC Chan, KL Choo, WK Lam, KK Wong… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objectives: To compare the efficacy of auto‐CPAP (AutoSet Spirit, ResMed)
versus fixed‐CPAP (S6 Elite, ResMed) in improving daytime sleepiness, health status …

Continuous positive airway pressure treatment of sleepy patients with milder obstructive sleep apnea: results of the CPAP Apnea Trial North American Program …

TE Weaver, C Mancini, G Maislin, J Cater… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Twenty-eight percent of people with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea
experience daytime sleepiness, which interferes with daily functioning. It remains unclear …

Alternative methods of titrating continuous positive airway pressure: a large multicenter study

JF Masa, A Jiménez, J Durán, F Capote… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
Standard practice for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in sleep apnea
and hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) requires pressure titration during attended laboratory …

Daytime CPAP titration: a viable alternative for patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea

L Rosenthal, K Nykamp, P Guido, ML Syron, R Day… - Chest, 1998 - Elsevier
Objective Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for patients
diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The implementation of CPAP therapy …