A convenient expiratory positive airway pressure nasal device for the treatment of sleep apnea in patients non-adherent with continuous positive airway pressure

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Walsh, James K ^a,b   Griffin, Kara S ^a   Forst, Elizabeth H ^a   Ahmed, Hasanali H ^a   Eisenstein, Rhody D ^a   Curry, Denise Troy ^a   Hall Porter, Janine M ^a   Schweitzer, Paula K ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; CPAP compliance; Expiratory positive airway pressure; Nasal device; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep apnea treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPHYXIA; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIZZINESS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXPIRATORY POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE NASAL DEVICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 79251641945     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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