Obstructive sleep apnoea

A Malhotra, DP White - The lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea is a disease of increasing importance because of its
neurocognitive and cardiovascular sequelae. Abnormalities in the anatomy of the pharynx …

Obstructive sleep apnea

WW Flemons - New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
A 43-year-old man presents with heavy snoring; his bed partner reports that he sometimes
stops breathing while he sleeps. He has hypertension controlled by medication but is …

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 …

Comparison of therapeutic and subtherapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised prospective parallel trial

C Jenkinson, RJO Davies, R Mullins, JR Stradling - The Lancet, 1999 - thelancet.com
Background Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is widely used as a
treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea. However, to date there are no randomised controlled …

Patient safety processor

LA Lynn, EN Lynn - US Patent 9,053,222, 2015 - Google Patents
US9053222B2 - Patient safety processor - Google Patents US9053222B2 - Patient safety
processor - Google Patents Patient safety processor Download PDF Info Publication number …

Alternative methods of titrating continuous positive airway pressure: a large multicenter study

JF Masa, A Jiménez, J Durán, F Capote… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
Standard practice for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in sleep apnea
and hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) requires pressure titration during attended laboratory …

Sleep apnea: clinical investigations in humans

K Banno, MH Kryger - Sleep medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), a common disorder, is characterized by repetitive episodes of
cessation of breathing during sleep, resulting in hypoxemia and sleep disruption. The …

Microprocessor system for the analysis of physiologic and financial datasets

LA Lynn, EN Lynn - US Patent 7,758,503, 2010 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data A system and method for organization and analysis of com
plex and dynamically interactive time series is disclosed. One (63) Continuation-in-part of …

Practice parameters for the use of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure devices for titrating pressures and treating adult patients with obstructive sleep …

M Littner, M Hirshkowitz, D Davila, WMD Anderson… - Sleep, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is used to treat patients with the obstructive
sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The current standard is for an attendant technician to titrate …

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
This paper reviews the efficacy of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure (APAP)
for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. It is based on a review of 30 articles published in …