Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Utilization
Research News and Information

Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Acceptance and long-term compliance to continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. A prospective study on 72 patients treated between 2004 and 2007]

Jun 2009 Patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) treated by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) need to use long-term CPAP to prevent cardiovascular disease. The method of survival analysis was used to allow for long-term CPAP ... Read more...

Medication adherence and persistence in severe obstructive sleep apnea.

29 Apr 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare 2 groups of patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who were taking medication for cardiovascular disease: those who were compliant with nasal continuous positive airway pressure ... Read more...

Educational, supportive and behavioural interventions to improve usage of continuous positive airway pressure machines for adults with obstructive sleep apnoea.

13 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Although effective in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) does not meet with universal acceptance by users. Educational, supportive and behavioural interventions may help people ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Utilization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Acceptance and long-term compliance to continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. A prospective study on 72 patients treated between 2004 and 2007] Jun 2009
• Medication adherence and persistence in severe obstructive sleep apnea. 29 Apr 2009
• To adhere or not to adhere--patients selectively decide. 29 Apr 2009
• Educational, supportive and behavioural interventions to improve usage of continuous positive airway pressure machines for adults with obstructive sleep apnoea. 13 Apr 2009
• Use of mechanical and noninvasive ventilation in black and white chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients within the Veterans Administration health care system. 30 Dec 2008
• Effects of basic developmental care on neonatal morbidity, neuromotor development, and growth at term age of infants who were born at <32 weeks. 30 Jan 2008
• Prevalence of treatment choices for snoring and sleep apnea in an Australian population. 13 Dec 2007
• Factors effecting adoption of new neonatal and pediatric respiratory technologies. 24 Oct 2007
• The 'basic' skill of CPAP. Adding CPAP to the EMT-B scope of practice. 29 Sep 2007
• [Long-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use in obstructive sleep apnea] 4 Sep 2007
• CPAP use in babies with respiratory distress in Australian special care nurseries. 29 Apr 2007
• Use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in neonatal units--a survey of current preferences and practice in Germany. 24 Apr 2007
• [Continuous positive airway pressure used by adults with obstructive sleep apneas after prescription in a public referral hospital in Mexico City] 30 Dec 2006
• Autonomic cardiac modulation in obstructive sleep apnea: effect of an oral jaw-positioning appliance. 30 Oct 2006
• Extremely growth-retarded infants: is there a viability centile? 30 Jul 2006
• Continuous positive airway pressure: early, late, or stay with synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation? 29 Apr 2006
• Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for sleep apnoea: compliance increases with time in continuing users. 30 Mar 2006
• Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a publicly funded healthcare system. 27 Feb 2005
• Current use of nasal continuous positive airways pressure in neonates. 30 Dec 2004
• Does the experience with the use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure improve over time in extremely low birth weight infants? 30 Aug 2004

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Continuous Positive Airway Pressure'

Definition: A technique of respiratory therapy, in either spontaneously breathing or mechanically ventilated patients, in which airway pressure is maintained above atmospheric pressure throughout the respiratory cycle by pressurization of the ventilatory circuit. (On-Line Medical Dictionary [Internet]. Newcastle upon Tyne(UK): The University Dept. of Medical Oncology: The CancerWEB Project; c1997-2003 [cited 2003 Apr 17]. Available from: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/)

Descriptor UI: D045422

Alternative terms: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; CPAP Ventilation; Ventilation, CPAP; Biphasic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Bilevel Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; nCPAP Ventilation; Ventilation, nCPAP; Airway Pressure Release Ventilation; APRV Ventilation Mode; APRV Ventilation Modes; Ventilation Mode, APRV; Ventilation Modes, APRV;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.880.820.790.259;

History Note: 2004

Technical Notes: BiPAP (BIPHASIC CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) in the literature goes here and BIPAP (BIPHASIC INTERMITTENT POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE) goes under INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION