Continuous positive airway pressure treatment of sleepy patients with milder obstructive sleep apnea: results of the CPAP Apnea Trial North American Program …

TE Weaver, C Mancini, G Maislin, J Cater… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Twenty-eight percent of people with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea
experience daytime sleepiness, which interferes with daily functioning. It remains unclear …

Importance of sleep stage-and body position-dependence of sleep apnoea in determining benefits to auto-CPAP therapy

F Series, I Marc - European Respiratory Journal, 2001 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The influence of sleep stage-and body position-dependence of sleep apnoea on treatment
efficacy and compliance between conventional continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) …

Sleep· 7: Positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

P Gordon, MH Sanders - Thorax, 2005 - thorax.bmj.com
The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in treating symptoms associated
with OSAHS is reviewed. Although it is an imperfect intervention, it continues to evolve and …

[PDF][PDF] A long-term randomized, cross-over comparison of auto-titrating and standard nasal continuous airway pressure

DW Hudgel, C Fung - SLEEP-NEW YORK-, 2000 - scholar.archive.org
This study is a 12-week randomized, cross-over, single-blind comparison of the tolerance,
compliance, and symptomatic improvement obtained with standard nasal continuous …

Auto-adjusting positive airway pressure treatment for sleep apnea diagnosed by home sleep testing

RB Berry, P Sriram - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2014 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Compare auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) treatment with
positive airway pressure (PAP) titration by polysomnography (PSG) followed by CPAP …

Clinical guidelines for the manual titration of positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Positive Airway Pressure Titration Task Force … - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - jcsm.aasm.org
Positive airway pressure (PAP) devices are used to treat patients with sleep related
breathing disorders (SRBDs), including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). After a patient is …

Long-term compliance rates to continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea: a population-based study

DD Sin, I Mayers, GCW Man, L Pawluk - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objectives To determine long-term compliance rates to continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea enrolled in a …

Early predictors of CPAP use for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

KE Lewis, L Seale, IE Bartle, AJ Watkins, P Ebden - Sleep, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To identify factors before a trial of nasal continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) treatment that are associated with lower compliance. Design: 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 …

Long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea patients and nonapneic snorers

J Krieger - Sleep, 1992 - academic.oup.com
In a prospective study aimed at evaluating objectively the compliance with nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, 233 obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)(apnea …