CPAP, APAP

L Shangold, O Jacobowitz - … : Sleep Apnea and Snoring E-Book, 2018 - books.google.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] When Does 'Mild'Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome Merit Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment?

HM Engleman - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
This issue of AJRCCM (pp. 773–780) features a randomized controlled trial (RCT)(1) to add
to the growing database of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for …

CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea: are the right questions being asked?

DJ Gottlieb - European Respiratory Journal, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Extract The recently published technology assessment of continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP), prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of …

Obtaining valid estimates of the effect of CPAP therapy: reducing healthy adherer and other biases in observational studies

VK Kapur, BM Psaty - Chest, 2022 - journal.chestnet.org
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) treating OSA with CPAP have demonstrated
improvements for outcomes that can be assessed over the short-term, including improved …

[HTML][HTML] CPAP for prevention of cardiovascular events in obstructive sleep apnea

RD McEvoy, NA Antic, E Heeley, Y Luo… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular
events; whether treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) prevents major …

CPAP, APAP and BIPAP

TM Davidson - Sleep Apnea and Snoring E-Book: Surgical and …, 2008 - books.google.com
Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy, including continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP), adjustable positive airway pressure (APAP), and bi-level positive airway pressure …

[HTML][HTML] CHEST advocates for comprehensive coverage of CPAP for OSA

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

Analysis of CPAP Failures

MD Nico de Vries, MJL Ravesloot… - Sleep Apnea and …, 2018 - books.google.com
Arguably, the goal of treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is (1) elimination or
improvement of symptoms,(2) normalization or improvement of sleep study parameters, and …

[HTML][HTML] Does untreated obstructive sleep apnea lead to death?

AI Pack, AB Platt, GW Pien - Sleep, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SLEEP, Vol. 31, No. 8, 2008 1068 death rates in patients with severe OSA on CPAP
treatment are not different than controls or snorers without OSA and with similar degrees of …

Continuous positive airway pressure therapy for sleep disordered breathing in adults

AK Simonds - Non-Invasive Respiratory Support, 2007 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy was introduced as a treatment for
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) by Sullivan and colleagues1 in 1981. It has revolutionized …