title: Nasal versus oronasal continuous positive airway pressure masks for obstructive sleep apnea: is this really a key point of effectiveness?
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Avenida Marques de Los Velez s/n, Murcia, 30.008, Spain, antmesquinas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
authors.forename: Zeynep Zeren
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirakli
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*
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