Compliance with continuous positive airway pressure therapy: assessing and improving treatment outcomes

R Zozula, R Rosen - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Although nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is generally effective in
correcting sleep-related respiratory disturbance and associated daytime sequelae in …

Early predictors of CPAP use for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

KE Lewis, L Seale, IE Bartle, AJ Watkins, P Ebden - Sleep, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To identify factors before a trial of nasal continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) treatment that are associated with lower compliance. Design: A …

Methods to stabilize the upper airway using positive pressure

DM Rapoport - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Nasal CPAP has become the treatment of choice for obstructive sleep apnea because of its
predictable physiologic effect over the full spectrum of disease. The physiology of the upper …