Nasal continuous positive airway pressure with supplemental oxygen in coexistent sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary …

G Sampol, MT Sagales, A Roca… - European …, 1996 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The objective of our study was to assess the application of nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (nCPAP) with supplemental oxygen for correction of upper airway obstructive …

Required levels of nasal continuous positive airway pressure during treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea

F Series, I Marc, Y Cormier… - European Respiratory …, 1994 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The improvement in the severity of obstructive sleep-related breathing disorders during
nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) therapy can account for the decrease in …

Five-year effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

A Chaouat, E Weitzenblum, R Kessler… - European …, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There have been very few studies assessing the long-term physiological effects of nasal
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. We …

Effect of nasal CPAP on ventilatory drive in normocapnic and hypercapnic patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

CC Lin - European Respiratory Journal, 1994 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) on the abnormal ventilatory drive in hypercapnic patients with the …

Residual effect of nCPAP applied for part of the night in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

V Hers, G Liistro, M Dury, P Collard… - European …, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of the present study was to assess whether nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (nCPAP) treatment, applied for only a few hours at the beginning of the night, has …

Failure of CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: predictive factors and treatment with bilevel-positive airway pressure

H Schäfer, S Ewig, E Hasper, B Lüderitz - Respiratory medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most widely used therapy for obstructive
sleep apnoea (OSA). Despite its general efficacy, oxygen desaturation due to …

Influence of correction of flow limitation on continuous positive airway pressure efficiency in sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

JC Meurice, J Paquereau, A Denjean… - European …, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We evaluated the efficiency of two different treatment procedures with continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) on sleep, nocturnal breathing characteristics and daytime vigilance …

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with nasal continuous positive airway pressure

RD McEvoy, AT Thornton - Sleep, 1984 - academic.oup.com
To help define the place of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (n-CPAP) treatment in
a general sleep apnea population we studied 12 of 13 consecutively diagnosed patients …

Subjective efficacy of nasal CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a prospective controlled study

JL Kiely, M Murphy… - European Respiratory …, 1999 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The response to nasal continuous positive airways pressure (nCPAP) of a wide variety of
symptoms recognized to be associated with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) …

Effect of treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure on ventilatory response to hypoxia and hypercapnia in patients with sleep apnea syndrome

L Spicuzza, L Bernardi, R Balsamo, N Ciancio… - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
Background The increase in peripheral chemoreflex sensitivity in patients with obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with activation of autonomic nervous system and …