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 …

Pressure-relief continuous positive airway pressure vs constant continuous positive airway pressure: a comparison of efficacy and compliance

G Nilius, A Happel, U Domanski, KH Ruhle - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
Objectives To compare polysomnographic data and compliance in sleep apnea patients
receiving continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and pressure-relief CPAP …

Accuracy of an unattended home CPAP titration in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

F Series - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Treatment of sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) by fixed continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) requires an in-laboratory titration procedure to determine the effective …

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
Manual continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration in a sleep laboratory is costly
and limits access for diagnostic studies. Many factors affect CPAP compliance, but education …

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

P Lloberes, E Ballester, JM Montserrat… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
Automatic CPAP (auto-CPAP) is engineered to automatically provide a positive pressure to
the upper airway in response to apnea, hypopnea, airflow limitation, or snoring in patients …

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 …

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

TI Morgenthaler, RN Aurora, T Brown, R Zak, C Alessi… - Sleep, 2008 - academic.oup.com
These practice parameters are an update of the previously published recommendations
regarding the use of autotitrating positive airway pressure (APAP) devices for titrating …

Portable monitoring and autotitration versus polysomnography for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea

RB Berry, G Hill, L Thompson, V McLaurin - Sleep, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To compare a clinical pathway using portable monitoring (PM) for
diagnosis and unattended autotitrating positive airway pressure (APAP) for selecting an …

Constant vs automatic continuous positive airway pressure therapy: home evaluation

MP d'Ortho, V Grillier-Lanoir, P Levy, F Goldenberg… - Chest, 2000 - Elsevier
Study objectives: To compare the efficacy and patienttolerance, compliance, and preference
between auto-continuous positiveairway pressure (CPAP) and constant CPAP. Design …