Long‐Term Compliance with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Author(s) -
Norman Wolkove,
Marc Baltzan,
Hany Kamel,
Richard Dabrusin,
Mark Palayew
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2008/534372
Subject(s) - medicine , continuous positive airway pressure , obstructive sleep apnea , compliance (psychology) , airway , sleep apnea , term (time) , anesthesia , apnea , positive airway pressure , sleep (system call) , sleep disordered breathing , cardiology , intensive care medicine , psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, compliance is a significant problem and has been incompletely assessed in long-term studies.
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