Intelligent CPAP systems: clinical experience
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Intelligent CPAP systems: clinical experience.
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains the treatment of choice for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) syndrome. It is believed to work by pneumatically splinting the upper airway. 2 As the pressure is gradually increased the subject passes through a spectrum of gradually decreasing severity of obstruction. 4 Frankobstructiveapnoeas,hypopnoeas, and desaturation first disappear, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.2008.s49