Extract The recently published technology assessment of continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP), prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of …

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy has been regarded for more than a
decade by those in the field as the treatment of choice for the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea …

Extract A recently published report prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) of the US Department of Health and Human Services concluded that the …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the world's most common chronic respiratory
illnesses, affecting perhaps a billion people worldwide. 1 After 40 years of treatment of OSA …

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 …

Guidelines for the evaluation and management of sleep disorders from national societies
provide recommendations that may be regionally appropriate but may not always be …

Sleep apnoea is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The treatment goal is to
reduce the neurocognitive and cardiovascular sequelae. CPAP therapy in sleep apnoea is …

ABSTRACT CPAP is considered the gold standard treatment in OSA and is highly
efficacious in controlling OSA symptoms. However, treatment effectiveness is limited …

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are time consuming, and their findings often inconclusive or …

Background Little is known about the treatment burden experienced by patients with
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) who use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) …