CPAP compliance: video education may help!

HJ Wiese, C Boethel, B Phillips, JF Wilson, J Peters… - Sleep medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Background: CPAP remains the treatment of choice for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea
Syndrome (OSAHS), but compliance with CPAP is poor. Of many interventions tried to …

Comparison of sleep parameters at titration and subsequent compliance between CPAP-pretreated and non-CPAP-pretreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea

M Suzuki, H Saigusa, T Furukawa - Sleep Medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)
patients undergo continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for the first time on …

Can intensive support improve continuous positive airway pressure use in patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome?

CJ Hoy, M Vennelle, RN Kingshott… - American Journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is widely prescribed for patients with
the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS), but the use of CPAP for such patients is …

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: choosing the best positive airway pressure device

N Freedman - Sleep medicine clinics, 2017 - sleep.theclinics.com
Treatment with positive airway pressure (PAP) remains the primary therapy for most patients
with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), especially those with moderate to severe OSA. This …

Computerized adjustable versus fixed NCPAP treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

MB Scharf, DE Brannen, MD McDannold, DV Berkowitz - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
An automated positive airway pressure device that monitors respiratory patterns and
provides dynamic, real-time, relational pressure has been developed for the treatment of …

Long-term therapy with continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea: adherence, side effects and predictors of withdrawal–a 'real-life'study

W Galetke, L Puzzo, C Priegnitz, N Anduleit… - Respiration, 2011 - karger.com
Background: Long-term adherence to positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment is essential
in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Objectives: The aim of the …

Positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

RK Kakkar, RB Berry - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Positive airway pressure (PAP) is the treatment of choice for patients with moderate-to-
severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that …

Autoadjusting positive pressure trial in adults with sleep apnea assessed by a simplified diagnostic approach

L Torre-Bouscoulet, MS Meza-Vargas… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: To describe our clinical experience with autoadjusting positive airway
pressure (APAP) trials carried out on patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the add-on NOWAPI® medical device for remote monitoring of compliance to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and treatment efficacy in …

D Leger, M Elbaz, B Piednoir, A Carron… - BioMedical Engineering …, 2016 - Springer
Background Optimizing the measurement of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
compliance and treatment efficacy is paramount for patients with obstructive sleep apnea …

Randomised controlled trial of auto‐adjusting positive airway pressure in morbidly obese patients requiring high therapeutic pressure delivery

J Bakker, A Campbell, A Neill - Journal of sleep research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Auto‐adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) devices are being increasingly used to treat
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Anecdotal encounters of obese patients requiring high …