Effects of one night without nasal CPAP treatment on sleep and sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

NB Kribbs, AI Pack, LR Kline, JE Getsy… - Am Rev Respir …, 1993 - atsjournals.org
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has become the nonsurgical treatment of
choice for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Recent evidence suggests that …

Objective measurement of patterns of nasal CPAP use by patients with obstructive sleep apnea

NB Kribbs, AI Pack, LR Kline, PL Smith… - American Review of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Obstruction of the upper airway during sleep (OSAS) is widely treated by having patients self-
administer nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). To obtain objective evidence …

Daytime sleepiness and nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients: effects of chronic treatment and 1-night …

E Sforza, E Lugaresi - Sleep, 1995 - academic.oup.com
A multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) was performed in 30 patients with obstructive sleep
apnea syndrome (OS AS) at the time of diagnosis and after 1 year of home therapy with …

Long-term use of CPAP therapy for sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

N Mcardle, G Devereux, H Heidarnejad… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) treated by nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) need to use CPAP long-term to prevent recurrence of …

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 …

Predictive factors of long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in sleep apnea syndrome

JC Meurice, P Dore, J Paquereau, JP Neau, P Ingrand… - Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
The long-term acceptability of treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) was studied prospectively in 44 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. At …

A randomized controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure in mild obstructive sleep apnea

M Barnes, D Houston, CJ Worsnop… - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
A common clinical dilemma faced by sleep physicians is in deciding the level of severity at
which patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be treated. There is particular …

Subjective efficacy of nasal CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a prospective controlled study

JL Kiely, M Murphy… - European Respiratory …, 1999 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The response to nasal continuous positive airways pressure (nCPAP) of a wide variety of
symptoms recognized to be associated with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) …

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: a preliminary report comparing nasal CPAP to nasal oxygen in patients with mild OSA

BA Phillips, FA Schmitt, DTR Berry, DG Lamb, M Amin… - Chest, 1990 - Elsevier
Nasal CPAP is presently accepted as first-line therapy for obstructive sleep apnea, but a
significant minority of patients do not tolerate nasal CPAP. The purpose of this study was to …