Automatic pressure titration with APAP is as effective as manual titration with CPAP in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

I Fietze, M Glos, I Moebus, C Witt, T Penzel… - Respiration, 2007 - karger.com
Background: The optimal approach to initiate positive-pressure therapy in patients with
obstructive sleep apnea is still debated. Current options are autotitrating positive airway …

[HTML][HTML] Nap-titration: an effective alternative for continuous positive airway pressure titration

A Hoekema, B Stegenga, JG van der Aa… - Respiratory …, 2006 - Elsevier
When treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) several alternatives
for standard (manual) continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration are feasible. A …

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 …

Auto-titrating versus standard continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: results of a meta-analysis

NT Ayas, SR Patel, A Malhotra, M Schulzer, M Malhotra… - Sleep, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective: To compare the effectiveness of auto-titrating continuous positive
airway pressure (APAP) versus conventional continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of auto-titrating CPAP and fixed CPAP in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea

SF Hussain, L Love, H Burt, JA Fleetham - Respiratory medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains the treatment of choice
for obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea (OSAH). Auto-titrating CPAP (APAP) devices …

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 …

Determination of therapeutic continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea using automatic titration: promises not fulfilled

D Rodenstein - Chest, 2008 - journal.chestnet.org
When, in 1983, C. Sullivan and coworkers1 devised continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) treatment for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, this was a rather confidential …

Auto bi-level pressure relief–PAP is as effective as CPAP in OSA patients—a pilot study

A Blau, M Minx, JG Peter, M Glos, T Penzel… - Sleep and …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the therapy of choice for the
treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Not all patients can use CPAP therapy with …

Effect of automatic versus fixed continuous positive airway pressure for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: an up-to-date meta-analysis

T Xu, T Li, D Wei, Y Feng, L Xian, H Wu, J Xu - Sleep and Breathing, 2012 - Springer
Purpose This study was made to evaluate the effect of automatic continuous positive airway
pressure (auto-CPAP) versus fixed continuous positive airway pressure (fixed CPAP) in …

Comparison of manual versus automatic continuous positive airway pressure titration and the development of a predictive equation for therapeutic continuous positive …

J Luo, S Xiao, Z Qiu, N Song, Y Luo - Respirology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Whether the therapeutic nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) derived from manual titration is the same as derived from automatic …