Reproducibility of a standardized titration procedure for the initiation of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-150

  Wiest, G H ^a   Fuchs, F S ^a   Harsch, I A ^a   Pour Schahin, S ^a   Lampert, S ^a   Brueckl, W M ^a   Hahn, E G ^a   Ficker, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Continuous positive airway pressure titration, manual; Obstructive sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; TITRIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0035091622     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050484     Document Type: Article

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