Comparison of three ways to determine and deliver pressure during nasal CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-231

  West, S D ^a   Jones, D R ^a   Stradling, J R ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645082209     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.046300     Document Type: Article

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