- ►annals.org [PDF] AT Mulgrew, N Fox, NT Ayas, CF Ryan - Annals of internal medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Polysomnography (PSG), despite limited availability and high cost,
is currently recommended for diagnosis of obstruc- tive sleep apnea and
titration of effective continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►171.66.122.149 WA Whitelaw, RF Brant, WW Flemons - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2005 - 171.66.122.149 The practical purpose of diagnostic assessment in most cases of obstructive
sleep apnea is to predict which patients have symptoms that will improve on
treatment. We measured the accuracy with which clinicians make this ... Cited by 66 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
RB Berry, G Hill, L Thompson, V McLaurin - Sleep, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov The AHI in the PM-APAP group was 29.2 ± 2.3/h and in the PSG group was 36.8 ±
4.8/h (P = NS). Patients with an AHI ≥ 5 were offered CPAP treatment. Those
accepting treatment (PM-APAP 45, PSG 43) were begun on CPAP using identical ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 7 versions
NA Collop, WM Anderson, B Boehlecke, D … - J Clin Sleep Med, 2007 - aasmnet.org Page 1. JCSM Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 7, 2007 737 The
current standard for clinical practice, established through ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 9 versions
- ►171.66.122.149 CA Hukins - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2005 - 171.66.122.149 Current resources are inadequate to meet the demand for polysomnography,
resulting in long waiting lists. This study aimed to evaluate the role of
arbitrary-pressure continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a method ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov SD West, DR Jones, JR Stradling - British Medical Journal, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com Methods: Ninety eight subjects with OSA requiring CPAP treatment (more than 10
dips in oxygen desaturation of >4% per hour of sleep study and Epworth
Sleepiness Score (ESS) >9) were randomised prospectively to three different ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
TI Morgenthaler, RN Aurora, T Brown, R Zak, … - Sleep, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov These practice parameters are an update of the previously published
recommendations regarding the use of autotitrating positive airway pressure
(APAP) devices for titrating pressures and treating adult patients with ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
O Senn, T Brack, EW Russi, KE Bloch - Chest, 2006 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Objectives: Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is often delayed
because polysomnography, the recommended standard diagnostic test, is not
readily available. We evaluated whether the diagnosis of sleep apnea could ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►atsjournals.org JF Masa, A Jimenez, J Duran, F Capote, C … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2004 - Am Thoracic Soc Standard practice for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in
sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) requires pressure titration during
attended laboratory polysomnography. However, polysomnographic titration is ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
WW Flemons, NJ Douglas, ST Kuna, DO … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2004 - 171.66.122.149 Brief periods of breathing cessation (apneas) or marked reduction in VT
(hypopneas) are common in adults during sleep. Prospective studies indicate that
sleep apnea contributes to systemic hypertension (1), is a modifiable risk ... Cited by 143 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
