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

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Fietze, Ingo ^a   Glos, Martin ^a   Moebus, Isabel ^a   Witt, Christian ^a   Penzel, Thomas ^a   Baumann, Gert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autotitrating positive airway pressure; Continuous positive airway pressure; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOTITRATING POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249726191     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100364     Document Type: Article

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