Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
(OSAHS) have long been considered predominantly male-related conditions. The clinical …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has traditionally been seen as a male disease. However, the
importance of OSA in women is increasingly being recognized, along with a number of …

Research in sleep medicine over the last decades has involved a broad variety of sleep
disorders in both men and women. Gender differences have been identified in sleep …

Background CPAP effectiveness is limited by suboptimal adherence. Prior studies of
adherence have focused on middle-aged men. Research Question Does CPAP adherence …

Introduction: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a common condition, associated with
multiple comorbidities including cardiovascular and metabolic disease. It has been …

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line treatment for the majority of
patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). However, long-term …

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilation is a commonly prescribed
respiratory therapy providing positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to assist breathing …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for many years has been thought to be a disease of men, but
research performed more recently has revealed women are at significant risk for OSA as …

Background and objective Patients with chronic respiratory failure are increasingly managed
with domiciliary non‐invasive ventilation (NIV). There may be limited ability to provide NIV …

Purpose In obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), severity of individual obstruction events is
connected to increased mortality rate and it can be significantly different in patients with …