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

Positive Airway Pressure Titration Task Force … - … of Clinical Sleep …, 2008 - jcsm.aasm.org
… , it is assumed that sleep medicine specialists are gradually … , manual titration of CPAP or
BPAP is currently the gold standard for selection of the optimal (effective) pressure for CPAP

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
… We found the same efficacy of automatic attended titration compared with manual titration
regarding AHI and quality of sleep over 2 nights when we consider the sequence of titration

Comparison of manual and automatic CPAP titration in patients with sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.

P Lloberes, E Ballester, JM Montserrat… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
… this study that adequate CPAP titration can be achieved with the auto-CPAP system, that …
on sleep fragmentation, and that sleep architecture is restored to normal. Until auto-CPAP

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

H Teschler, M Berthon-Jones… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
… night, 14.2 ą 2.4 with manual titration and 8.9 ą 0.9 with AutoSet titration, and 9.5 ą 1.0 on the
night … vary, we have also tabulated results for manual titration from the literature. The apnea-…

Is automatic CPAP titration as effective as manual CPAP titration in OSAHS patients? A meta-analysis

W Gao, Y Jin, Y Wang, M Sun, B Chen, N Zhou… - Sleep and …, 2012 - Springer
… the standard manual titration to identify an effective pressure before continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Automatic …

The value of auto-adjustable CPAP devices in pressure titration and treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

K Hertegonne, F Bauters - Sleep medicine reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
… In this study, once again, it was concluded that unattended automated titration is not reliable
enough to replace manual titration, and that the validity of P 95 assessment for subsequent …

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with a self-titrating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) system

S Sharma, S Wali, Z Pouliot, M Peters, H Neufeld… - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
… An initial diagnostic sleep study was performed, followed by randomization to a manually
adjusted CPAP titration on one night and self titrating CPAP on the other night. On the …

Comparison of manual titration and automatic titration based on forced oscillation technique, flow and snoring in obstructive sleep apnea

W Galetke, WJ Randerath, S Stieglitz, C Laumanns… - Sleep medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
… This manual titration procedure is not well standardized. The aim of the study was to … titration
device is as effective as standard manual titration in determining constant CPAP pressure. …

The use of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnea

RB Berry, JM Parish, KM Hartse - Sleep, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… night of manual CPAP titration to an attended APAP titration (… and fixed CPAP (Peff by manual
titration or auto-titration) … If reduction in the AHI is similar with APAP and CPAP, does APAP …

Can patients with obstructive sleep apnea titrate their own continuous positive airway pressure?

MF Fitzpatrick, CED Alloway, TM Wakeford… - American journal of …, 2003 - atsjournals.org
… In summary, this study demonstrates that self-titration of CPAP in patients with OSA is as
efficacious as manual titration in a sleep laboratory, with similar subjective and objective …