P215 Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) versus auto-cpap (apap) for the initial treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: clinical efficacy and cost

M Mason, I Valero-Sanchez, J Archer, IE Smith - 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
… mild OSA, confirming that appropriately selected mild OSA patients can benefit from CPAP.
- Transferring patients from APAP to long term CPAP can lead to significant cost reduction. …

[HTML][HTML] Autoadjusting continuous positive airway pressure: what can we expect?

P Lévy, JL Pépin - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
… the fixed CPAP or APAP. This confirms previous results regarding CPAP compliance using
an … It would be helpful to evaluate the benefit of APAP in patients who comply poorly. If an …

Fixed and autoadjusting continuous positive airway pressure treatments are not similar in reducing cardiovascular risk factors in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

V Patruno, S Aiolfi, G Costantino, R Murgia, C Selmi… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
… Our results suggest that CPAP and APAP, despite significant effects on OSA indexes and …
OSA, but also of providing a significant benefit in cardiovascular risk factors, possibly leading to …

Study of a novel APAP algorithm for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in women

N McArdle, S King, K Shepherd, V Baker, D Ramanan… - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: To assess the efficacy of a novel female-specific autotitrating continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) algorithm (AutoSet for her, AfH) in premenopausal women …

The effects of continuous positive airway pressure on postoperative outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea patients undergoing surgery: a systematic review and meta …

M Nagappa, B Mokhlesi, J Wong, DT Wong… - Anesthesia & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
APAP treatment had more hypoxemia and greater Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) scores
postoperatively versus OSA patients receiving APAP … The benefits of CPAP may be less than …

Beneficial Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

D Shrivastava - Dental Sleep Medicine: A Clinical Guide, 2022 - Springer
… machines [auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) … , APAP machine should lead
to a reduction in the mean CPAP … This chapter reviews the evidence-based benefits of CPAP

[HTML][HTML] New developments in the use of positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea

LM Donovan, S Boeder, A Malhotra… - Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… In contrast, evidence suggests that fixed CPAP level may be superior to APAP in blood …
A post-hoc analysis found the greatest benefit of APAP vs. CPAP was in those patients with …

Retrospective, nonrandomized controlled study on autoadjusting, dual-pressure positive airway pressure therapy for a consecutive series of complex insomnia …

B Krakow, ND McIver, VA Ulibarri… - Nature and Science of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… , especially for patients on fixed CPAP. Subjective or objective … with CPAP, which then
moves to either CPAP or APAP with … study on the benefits of ASV vs CPAP therapy in chronic …

Perioperative implementation of noninvasive positive airway pressure therapies

DR Hillman, CR Jungquist, D Auckley - Respiratory Care, 2018 - rc.rcjournal.com
CPAP in an auto-titrating mode (sometimes known as APAP) rather than at a fixed pressure.
APAP is a CPAP … use of high airway pressures, may benefit from a change to a nasal mask. …

The current status of autotitrating continuous positive airway pressure systems in the management of obstructive sleep apnea

D Hailey, P Jacobs, I Mayers, S Mensinkai - Canadian respiratory …, 2005 - hindawi.com
… , there was no significant difference in clinical outcome measures between APAP and
CPAP… apnoea in determining benefits to auto-CPAP therapy. Eur Respir J 2001;18:170-5. 33. …