TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimizing CPAP Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
AU - Hiensch, Robert
AU - Nandedkar, Desh S.
AU - Feinsilver, Steven H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer International Publishing AG.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Obstructive sleep apnea is a common chronic illness, for which positive airway pressure remains the best treatment. Optimizing patient adherence to this treatment is often challenging. Controversies remain regarding the optimal strategy for initiating treatment, and whether the choice of specific positive airway pressure modality is important. Increasingly, treatment may be started using an auto-titrating machine without in-laboratory titration. Recent advances in technology permit monitoring of patient compliance and efficacy, but have not proven to necessarily improve outcomes.
AB - Obstructive sleep apnea is a common chronic illness, for which positive airway pressure remains the best treatment. Optimizing patient adherence to this treatment is often challenging. Controversies remain regarding the optimal strategy for initiating treatment, and whether the choice of specific positive airway pressure modality is important. Increasingly, treatment may be started using an auto-titrating machine without in-laboratory titration. Recent advances in technology permit monitoring of patient compliance and efficacy, but have not proven to necessarily improve outcomes.
KW - Auto-titrating machine
KW - Continuous positive airway pressure
KW - Obstructive sleep apnea
KW - Positive airway pressure
KW - Sleep disorders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85080132874&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40675-016-0044-1
DO - 10.1007/s40675-016-0044-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85080132874
SN - 2198-6401
VL - 2
SP - 120
EP - 125
JO - Current Sleep Medicine Reports
JF - Current Sleep Medicine Reports
IS - 2
ER -