Automatic pressure titration with APAP is as effective as manual titration with CPAP in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

I Fietze, M Glos, I Moebus, C Witt, T Penzel… - Respiration, 2007 - karger.com
Background: The optimal approach to initiate positive-pressure therapy in patients with
obstructive sleep apnea is still debated. Current options are autotitrating positive airway …

Apnea-hypopnea index supplied by CPAP devices: time for standardization?

A Midelet, JC Borel, R Tamisier, R Le Hy, MC Schaeffer… - Sleep Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background/objective For obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients on continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a key measure of …

Effects of fixed compared to automatic CPAP on sleep in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

O Resta, P Carratù, A Depalo… - Monaldi archives for …, 2004 - monaldi-archives.org
Background: Automatic CPAP has been developed to improve CPAP efficiency and
compliance. Continually matching the effective pressure may be associated to more frequent …

A home monitoring system for nasal CPAP

RP Millman, GJ Kipp, SC Beadles, SS Braman - Chest, 1988 - Elsevier
A compact portable sensing system (PSS) was developed for home monitoring of patients
with obstructive sleep apnea treated with nasal continuous positive-airway pressure (CPAP) …

Randomized trial of 6 auto-adpating CPAP devices: Effects on quality of life

S Neale, F Buchanan, N Allaouat, JR Catterall… - 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Auto-adapting CPAP is used to manage patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, with
suppliers using different algorithms. We have compared 6 devices-ResMed S8, Breas PV10 …

Auto bi-level pressure relief–PAP is as effective as CPAP in OSA patients—a pilot study

A Blau, M Minx, JG Peter, M Glos, T Penzel… - Sleep and …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the therapy of choice for the
treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Not all patients can use CPAP therapy with …

A randomized crossover trial of the effect of a novel method of pressure control (SensAwake) in automatic continuous positive airway pressure therapy to treat sleep …

GC Dungan, NS Marshall, CM Hoyos… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - jcsm.aasm.org
Objectives: To study the acute effect of the new SensAwake CPAP modality (reducing
pressure on awakenings) on wake after sleep onset (WASO) and other polysomnographic …

A novel nasal expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized controlled trial

RB Berry, MH Kryger, CA Massie - Sleep, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Investigate the efficacy of a novel nasal expiratory positive airway
pressure (EPAP) device as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Design: A …

Evaluation of an auto-nCPAP device based on snoring detection

F Lofaso, AM Lorino, D Duizabo… - European …, 1996 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We evaluated an auto-nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) prototype (MC+;
SEFAM, Nancy, France) in which apnoea/hypopnoea detection was disabled and nasal …

Self-reported vs measured compliance with nasal CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea

H Rauscher, D Formanek, W Popp, H Zwick - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
To estimate reliability of self-reported compliance with nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), we studied 63 OSA patients …