Automatic nasal continuous positive airway pressure titration in the laboratory: patient outcomes.

JR Stradling, C Barbour, DJ Pitson, RJ Davies - Thorax, 1997 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND: Manual titration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP)
treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is time consuming and expensive. There are …

Automated continuous positive airway pressure titration for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

H Teschler, M Berthon-Jones… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
This study tested the effectiveness of the AutoSet self-titrating nasal continuous positive
airway pressure (nCPAP) system in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and choosing a …

Comparison of three ways to determine and deliver pressure during nasal CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea

SD West, DR Jones, JR Stradling - Thorax, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: The simplest method of initiating and maintaining therapeutic continuous
positive airways pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has not been …

[HTML][HTML] Attended home titration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea

RE Waldhorn, K Wood - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) is usually titrated in a sleep laboratory with full polysomnographic monitoring until …

CPAP titration by an auto-CPAP device based on snoring detection: a clinical trial and economic considerations

M Berkani, F Lofaso, C Chouaid… - European …, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This study aimed to assess the ability of an auto-nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(nCPAP) device (REM+ auto; NPBFD, Nancy, France) to predict the optimal constant nCPAP …

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 …

Objective patient compliance in long-term use of nCPAP

B Fleury, D Rakotonanahary… - European …, 1996 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Concerns remain regarding patient compliance with nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (nCPAP). Poor objective compliance during the first months of treatment has been …

[HTML][HTML] Relative accuracy of algorithm-based prescription of nasal CPAP in OSA

JR Stradling, M Hardinge, J Paxton, DM Smith - Respiratory medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Background: Patients with OSA on nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have
considerable night-to-night variation in their pressure requirements, suggesting that a one …

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 …

AutoSet nasal CPAP titration: constancy of pressure, compliance and effectiveness at 8 month follow-up

H Teschler, AA Farhat, V Exner… - European …, 1997 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We have previously shown that AutoSet satisfactorily improves sleep-disordered breathing
and sleep architecture in subjects with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) syndrome. The aim …