Comparison of three auto-adjusting positive pressure devices in patients with sleep apnoea

GM Nolan, S Ryan, TM O'Connor… - European Respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Auto-adjustable continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) devices are an emerging
treatment alternative to fixed-pressure continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy …

The value of auto-adjustable CPAP devices in pressure titration and treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

K Hertegonne, F Bauters - Sleep medicine reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
In moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), the use of Continuous
Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the gold standard therapy. In the last decade, new …

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 …

Automatic CPAP titration with different self-setting devices in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

A Stammnitz, A Jerrentrup, T Penzel… - European …, 2004 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Autotitrating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices automatically adjust the
pressure according to upper airway obstructions. The aim of this study was to compare the …

Auto-adjusting versus fixed positive pressure therapy in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea

GM Nolan, LS Doherty, WT Mc Nicholas - Sleep, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To determine if auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP)
would be better tolerated on the basis of delivering a lower mean pressure in patients with …

Evaluation of an auto-CPAP device for treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea

JH Ficker, GH Wiest, G Lehnert, B Wiest, EG Hahn - Thorax, 1998 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND Auto-CPAP machines used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea
(OSA) are designed to vary the treatment pressure automatically in order always to apply the …

Autoadjusted versus fixed CPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea: a multicentre, randomised equivalence trial

KE Bloch, F Huber, M Furian, TD Latshang… - Thorax, 2018 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is conventionally treated by
continuous positive airway pressure set at a fixed level (fCPAP). Automatic mask pressure …

Two months follow up of auto-CPAP treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

A Boudewyns, V Grillier-Lanoir, MJ Willemen… - Thorax, 1999 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with fixed mask pressure is
the current standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Auto-CPAP devices …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of auto-titrating CPAP and fixed CPAP in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea

SF Hussain, L Love, H Burt, JA Fleetham - Respiratory medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains the treatment of choice
for obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea (OSAH). Auto-titrating CPAP (APAP) devices …

Two months auto-adjusting versus conventional nCPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

H Teschler, TE Wessendorf, AA Farhat… - European …, 2000 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Autoadjusting nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) greatly reduces the
apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI), and affords a significant reduction in median pressure …