Continuous positive airways pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults

TL Giles, TJ Lasserson, B Smith, J White… - Cochrane Database …, 2006 - cochranelibrary.com
… treatment for sleep apnoea is with the use of continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP), …
These are used at night to prevent apnoea, hypoxia and sleep disturbance. The objective …

A systematic review of continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome

C McDaid, KH Durée, SC Griffin, HLA Weatherly… - Sleep medicine …, 2009 - Elsevier
… on a multi-channel sleep study and the … apnoeas per hour. The mainstay of treatment is
administration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during sleep; this opens the airway

Health effects of obstructive sleep apnoea and the effectiveness of continuous positive airways pressure: a systematic review of the research evidence

J Wright, R Johns, I Watt, A Melville, T Sheldon - Bmj, 1997 - bmj.com
… obstructive sleep apnoea in adults and key health outcomes or evaluated the effectiveness
of treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with continuous positive airways pressure in adults. …

Reversal of obstructive sleep apnoea by continuous positive airway pressure applied through the nares

CE Sullivan, M Berthon-Jones, FG Issa, L Eves - The Lancet, 1981 - Elsevier
… is further evidence of the efficacy of the method, for it is in REM sleep that muscle tone is
lowest and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea tend to be worst. Some patients have …

Continuous positive airway pressure in older people with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (PREDICT): a 12-month, multicentre, randomised trial

A McMillan, DJ Bratton, R Faria… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
… Comparison of three measures of quality of life outcome in the evaluation of continuous
positive airways pressure therapy for sleep apnoea. J Sleep Res. 1997; 6: 199-204 …

Adult obstructive sleep apnoea

AS Jordan, DG McSharry, A Malhotra - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
airway pressure is the treatment of choice, with adherence of 60–70%. Bi-level positive airway
pressure … are intolerant to continuous positive airway pressure. Other treatments include …

Effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on daytime function in sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

HM Engleman, SE Martin, NJ Douglas, IJ Deary - The Lancet, 1994 - Elsevier
… The treatment of choice for SAHS is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), … Long-term
compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Am Rev Respir Dis …

Comparison of three measures of quality of life outcome in the evaluation of continuous positive airways pressure therapy for sleep apnoea

C Jenkinson, J Stradling… - Journal of sleep research, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
… Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) with nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(NCPAP) has become a … positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea. …

Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: effects of continuous positive airway pressure

R Rutherford, A Xie, S Malone, PP Liu, TD Bradley… - The Lancet, 1991 - Elsevier
pressure swings during obstructive sleep apnoeas (OSAs) and increased sympathetic
nervous system tone associated with hypoxia and sleep … continuous positive airway pressure (…

Antioxidant status in patients with sleep apnoea and impact of continuous positive airway pressure treatment

A Barcelo, F Barbe, M De la Peña… - European …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… results indicate that patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome have a decreased
antioxidant capacity that is partially reversed by continuous positive airway pressure treatment. …