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

N Mcardle, G Devereux, H Heidarnejad… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
… of long-term compliance with CPAP therapy, we reviewed our … prospective objective data on
CPAP use. The determinants of … CPAP therapy from baseline data and from computed CPAP

Long-term compliance with CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients and in snorers

J Krieger, D Kurtz, C Petiau, E Sforza, D Trautmann - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… of CPAP use was 5.7 :':: 1.8 hours/day in OSA patients and 5.6 :':: 1.4 hours/day in snorers
who were still on CPAP … This study shows that CPAP therapy is reasonably accepted by OSA …

Nasal CPAP therapy, upper airway muscle activation, and obstructive sleep apnea

KP Strohl, S Redline - American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1986 - atsjournals.org
… the application of nasal CPAP to abolish obstructive apnea is associated with decreased
upper airway muscle activity. Consequently, therapeutic nasal CPAP does not improve upper …

Cardiovascular outcomes of CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

WT McNicholas - American Journal of Physiology …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
… Although there are a number of therapeutic interventions that … (32, 54), the most effective
therapy is CPAP, which is usually … therapy in OSAS have particularly addressed CPAP therapy, …

Acceptance of CPAP therapy for sleep apnea

H Rauscher, W Popp, T Wanke, H Zwick - Chest, 1991 - Elsevier
… Since then, NCPAP has become the first-line therapy for patients with OSA because of … the
major problem with this therapy, 6 even in sleep apnea patients exhibiting daytime sleepiness…

Obstructive sleep apnea therapy

A Hoekema, B Stegenga, PJ Wijkstra… - Journal of Dental …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
… that oral-appliance therapy is indicated primarily for those with non severe obstructive
sleep apnea, we recommend that it be considered, alongside CPAP therapy, as treatment for …

Adherence to CPAP therapy improves quality of life and reduces symptoms among obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients

E Avlonitou, F Kapsimalis, G Varouchakis… - Sleep and …, 2012 - Springer
… patients who adhere to nighttime CPAP therapy show significant improvement of their
quality of life, daytime sleepiness, and other symptoms after 6 months of treatment with CPAP. …

A controlled trial of CPAP therapy on metabolic control in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance and sleep apnea

TG Weinstock, X Wang, M Rueschman, F Ismail-Beigi… - Sleep, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… In contrast, our data suggest that CPAP therapy improves measures of glucose tolerance
(although does not result in normalization of IGT) in patients with more severe sleep apnea

Patient compliance with nasal CPAP therapy for sleep apnea

MH Sanders, CA Gruendl, RM Rogers - Chest, 1986 - Elsevier
… MSLTs in individuals with documented sleep apnea but an equivocal history for … CPAP
therapy in those patients who have a reduction in sleep-disordered breathing on nasal CPAP and …

Compliance with CPAP therapy in older men with obstructive sleep apnea

P Russo‐Magno, A O'Brien, T Panciera… - Journal of the …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
apneas. However, we do not believe that this accounts for differences in compliance …
CPAP because follow-up sleep studies demonstrated resolution of apneas with CPAP therapy