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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Known as: Ventilation, CPAP, CPAP Ventilation, CPAP 
A technique of respiratory therapy, in either spontaneously breathing or mechanically ventilated patients, in which airway pressure is maintained… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Simulated driving in obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea; effects of oral appliances and continuous positive airway pressure
Impaired simulated driving performance has been demonstrated in obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) patients… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effects on Oxygenation During Selective Lobar Versus Total Lung Collapse With or Without Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Hypoxemia is common during anesthesia with one-lung ventilation (OLV). This study tested the hypothesis that selective lobar… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Comparison of manual and automatic CPAP titration in patients with sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.
Automatic CPAP (auto-CPAP) is engineered to automatically provide a positive pressure to the upper airway in response to apnea… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Time-course of stepwise CPAP titration. Behavior of respiratory and neurological variables.
Because successful medical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) depends on adequate CPAP treatment, we… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Determinants of effective continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. Role of respiratory effort.
We investigated whether cephalometric measurements, nocturnal indices of negative intrathoracic pressure, or the frequency of… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Decreasing imposed work of the breathing apparatus to zero using pressure‐support ventilation
ObjectivesTo apply pressure-support ventilation with the goal of decreasing the imposed work of the breathing apparatus… 
1988
1988
Bilateral otorrhagia associated with continuous positive airway pressure.
A patient had bilateral tympanic membrane rupture and otorrhagia, an unusual complication of continuous positive airway pressure… 
1985
1985
Postextubation hypoxemia treated with a continuous positive airway pressure mask
Twenty-seven surgical patients who developed post-extubation hypoxemia unresponsive to routine respiratory therapy (incentive… 
1974
1974
Twin nasal cannula for administration of continuous positive airway pressure to newborn infants.
Endotracheal intubation with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been used successfully in infants with severe… 
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