Obstructive sleep apnea: therapeutic compliance.

JP Baker, V Rose, C Ware - Transactions of the American Clinical …, 1988 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS AND RESULTS All patients who agreed to a trial of nasal C-PAP following the
diagnosis of OSA established in the Eastern Virginia Medical School/Norfolk General …

Nasal CPAP: an objective evaluation of patient compliance.

MK Reeves-Hoche, R Meck… - American journal of …, 1994 - atsjournals.org
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) improves sleepiness and prognosis in
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Our objective was to document NCPAP compliance and the …

Compliance and side effects in sleep apnea patients treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure.

G Nino-Murcia, CC McCann, DL Bliwise… - Western Journal of …, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective therapy for sleep apnea.
We treated 144 patients with nasal CPAP and observed them for periods of as long as 25 …

Objective measurement of patterns of nasal CPAP use by patients with obstructive sleep apnea

NB Kribbs, AI Pack, LR Kline, PL Smith… - American Review of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Obstruction of the upper airway during sleep (OSAS) is widely treated by having patients self-
administer nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). To obtain objective evidence …

Home treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with continuous positive airway pressure applied through a nose-mask

CE Sullivan, FG Issa… - Bulletin europeen …, 1984 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) applied through the nose completely
prevented obstructive apnoea during all night testing in 50 patients with severe obstructive …

Sleep-related breathing disorders. 5. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea.

RR Grunstein - Thorax, 1995 - thorax.bmj.com
CPAP should be considered the first line of treatment in patients with moderate to severe
obstructive sleep apnoea. In our centre in Sydney this generally means patients with more …

Predictive factors of long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in sleep apnea syndrome

JC Meurice, P Dore, J Paquereau, JP Neau, P Ingrand… - Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
The long-term acceptability of treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) was studied prospectively in 44 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. At …

Management of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in the home: the role of portable sleep apnea recording

MP Coppola, M Lawee - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
Unattended four-channel sleep apnea recording has been shown to be an accurate tool in
the diagnosis of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea. We selected 11 patients with …

Patient compliance with nasal CPAP therapy for sleep apnea

MH Sanders, CA Gruendl, RM Rogers - Chest, 1986 - Elsevier
Continuous positive airway pressure via the nasal route (nasal CPAP) has been
convincingly shown to reduce the frequency of occlusive and mixed patterns of sleep apnea …

Adverse effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy in sleep apnoea syndrome

A Kalan, GS Kenyon, TAR Seemungal… - The Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is now the treatment of choice for
patients with sleep apnoea syndrome. Side-effects and adverse reactions have been …