Sleep.7: positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome.
The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in treating symptoms associated with OSAHS is reviewed. Although it is an imperfect intervention, it continues to evolve and improve in such a way that patients who would not have been able to use this treatment even in the recent past can benefit from it today.
Gordon
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Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Montefiore University Hospital, North-1292, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Sanders
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MH
D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome