title: [Continuous positive pressure in the treatment of sleep apnea syndromes].
abstract: Continuous positive airway pressure as a long-term home treatment for sleep apnea syndromes would seem to present irreconcilable requirements; it must be simple and comfortable to use during sleep and it must be relatively inexpensive. The device described in this paper includes a compressor, an individually molded nose-mask and a water column. Improvements are still in progress, but, as it stands, it enables sleep apnea patients to be successfully treated at home.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: La pression positive continue dans le traitement des syndromes d'apnées du sommeil.