Comparison of manual and automatic CPAP titration in patients with sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.

P Lloberes, E Ballester, JM Montserrat… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
Automatic CPAP (auto-CPAP) is engineered to automatically provide a positive pressure to
the upper airway in response to apnea, hypopnea, airflow limitation, or snoring in patients …

Accuracy of an unattended home CPAP titration in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

F Series - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Treatment of sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) by fixed continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) requires an in-laboratory titration procedure to determine the effective …

Time-course of stepwise CPAP titration. Behavior of respiratory and neurological variables.

JM Montserrat, E Ballester, H Olivi, A Reolid… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
Because successful medical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome
(SAHS) depends on adequate CPAP treatment, we have analyzed in nine SAHS patients …

Constant vs auto-continuous positive airway pressure in patients with sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome and a high variability in pressure requirement

A Noseda, C Kempenaers, M Kerkhofs, S Braun… - Chest, 2004 - Elsevier
Study objectives: Auto-continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been reported to
have no more efficacy than constant CPAP in unselected patients with sleep apnea …

Randomized short-term trial of two autoCPAP devices versus fixed continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of sleep apnea

O Senn, T Brack, F Matthews, EW Russi… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
We evaluated the efficacy of two different continuous positive airway pressure devices with
automatic mask pressure adjustment (autoCPAP) in comparison with fixed CPAP in treating …

Alternative methods of titrating continuous positive airway pressure: a large multicenter study

JF Masa, A Jiménez, J Durán, F Capote… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
Standard practice for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in sleep apnea
and hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) requires pressure titration during attended laboratory …

Efficacy of auto-CPAP in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.

JC Meurice, I Marc, F Sériès - … journal of respiratory and critical care …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
The auto-CPAP (Morphée Plus) is characterized by its ability to modify the positive-pressure
level applied during the night for the presence or absence of sleep-induced respiratory …

Response of automatic continuous positive airway pressure devices to different sleep breathing patterns: a bench study

R Farré, JM Montserrat, J Rigau, X Trepat… - American Journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Evaluating the usefulness of automatic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in
treating the sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is not easy because the algorithms …

Compliance with CPAP therapy in patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome.

HM Engleman, SE Martin, NJ Douglas - Thorax, 1994 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND--Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is the treatment of
choice for the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. Compliance with this relatively obtrusive …

Clinical application of the forced oscillation technique for CPAP titration in the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

JR Badia, RAMON FARRÉ, R John Kimoff… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
We have previously demonstrated that upper airway obstruction in sleep apnea/hypopnea
syndrome (SAHS) can be accurately assessed in real-time by measuring respiratory …