A systematic review of CPAP adherence across age groups: clinical and empiric insights for developing CPAP adherence interventions

AM Sawyer, NS Gooneratne, CL Marcus, D Ofer… - Sleep medicine …, 2011 - Elsevier
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a highly efficacious treatment for obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) but adherence to the treatment limits its overall effectiveness across all …

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

P Lévy, M Kohler, WT McNicholas, F Barbé… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common clinical condition in which the
throat narrows or collapses repeatedly during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnoea …

Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: the challenge to effective treatment

TE Weaver, RR Grunstein - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Despite the high efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to reverse upper
airway obstruction in sleep apnea, treatment effectiveness is limited by variable adherence …

Practice parameters for the use of continuous and bilevel positive airway pressure devices to treat adult patients with sleep-related breathing disorders

CA Kushida, MR Littner, M Hirshkowitz… - Sleep, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Positive airway pressure (PAP) devices are used to treat patients with sleep related
breathing disorders (SRBD) including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Currently, PAP …

Pulmonary complications of obesity

SM Koenig - The American journal of the medical sciences, 2001 - Elsevier
Obesity can profoundly alter pulmonary function and diminish exercise capacity by its
adverse effects on respiratory mechanics, resistance within the respiratory system …

Evaluation of positive airway pressure treatment for sleep related breathing disorders in adults

P Gay, T Weaver, D Loube, C Iber - Sleep, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Positive airway pressure (PAP) is used to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep
apnea (CSA), and chronic hypoventilation. This document provides a systematic analysis …

Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea: implications for future interventions

TE Weaver, AM Sawyer - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep
apnoea (OSA) is a critical problem. Poor adherence (30-60%) to CPAP is widely recognized …

An official American Thoracic Society statement: continuous positive airway pressure adherence tracking systems. The optimal monitoring strategies and outcome …

RJ Schwab, SM Badr, LJ Epstein, PC Gay… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is considered the treatment of
choice for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and studies have shown that there is a correlation …

Improving CPAP use by patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS)

HM Engleman, MR Wild - Sleep medicine reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Though continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for the sleep
apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS), suboptimal adherence to CPAP is common …

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 …