Flexible pressure delivery modification of continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea does not improve compliance with therapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1322-1330

  Bakker, Jessie P ^a   Marshall, Nathaniel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXHALATION; FLEXIBLE PRESSURE DELIVERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE OF WAKEFULNESS TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TASK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79958706087     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2379     Document Type: Article

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