Nasal breathing and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

JH Hollandt, M Mahlerwein - Sleep and Breathing, 2003 - thieme-connect.com
Although nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) treatment is the most efficient
therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), compliance with therapy is poor because of …

Oral-nasal continuous positive airway pressure as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

GL Prosise, RB Berry - Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) applied via a mask covering the
nose and mouth (oral-nasal CPAP= ONCPAP) on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was …

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 …

Long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy of obstructive sleep apnea

RE Waldhorn, TW Herrick, MC Nguyen, AE O'Donnell… - Chest, 1990 - Elsevier
In an attempt to identify predictors of long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP), we reviewed the records of 125 patients with obstructive sleep …

Compliance with nasal CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea: how much is enough?

WT McNicholas - European Respiratory Journal, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is a highly effective therapy for
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and can completely abolish apnoeas when effective …

Long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea patients and nonapneic snorers

J Krieger - Sleep, 1992 - academic.oup.com
In a prospective study aimed at evaluating objectively the compliance with nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, 233 obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)(apnea …

Acceptance and long-term compliance of nCPAP in obstructive sleep apnea

W Richard, J Venker, C den Herder, D Kox… - European Archives of …, 2007 - Springer
In a retrospective cohort study, we evaluated whether improvements in nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (nCPAP) technology, particularly the introduction of automatic …

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 …

Long-term acceptance of continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea

I Rolfe, LG Olson, NA Saunders - Am Rev Respir Dis, 1991 - atsjournals.org
Introduction The use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been a major
advance in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)(1). Many uncontrolled studies …

Long-term compliance with CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients and in snorers

J Krieger, D Kurtz, C Petiau, E Sforza, D Trautmann - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
A prospective study aimed at objectively evaluating compliance with nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment was conducted in 728 obstructive sleep apnea …