Title: UTILITY OF PREDICTION ALGORITHM FOR CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE TITRATION
Abstract: PURPOSE: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the preferred treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. Starting at low CPAP levels during a therapeutic polysomnogram, especially split-night studies, can lead to occasional failure when the optimum CPAP pressure is not reached prior to the end of sleep. Using a CPAP prediction algorithm may achieve optimum CPAP pressure with fewer pressure changes and, thus, in a shorter period of time. One such algorithm was previously evaluated (Oliver. Chest 2000;117:1061-4) but the study was subject to bias as technicians performing the study were aware of the predicted CPAP pressure (CPAP-p), and gender information was not provided. Our study compares CPAP-p with measured optimum CPAP pressure (CPAP-m) in a cohort where the technicians were unaware of CPAP-p.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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