Correlates of a Prescription for Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Veterans | Zendy

Skai Schwartz | Zendy; Julie Rosas | Zendy; Michelle R. Iannacone | Zendy; Philip Foulis | Zendy; W. McDowell Anderson | Zendy

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Correlates of a Prescription for Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Veterans

Author(s) -

Skai Schwartz,

Julie Rosas,

Michelle R. Iannacone,

Philip Foulis,

W. McDowell Anderson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.2580

Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , continuous positive airway pressure , positive airway pressure , medical prescription , sleep (system call) , sleep apnea , apnea , anesthesia , physical therapy , audiology , computer science , pharmacology , operating system

The acceptance of portable home-based polysomnography together with auto-titrating CPAP has bypassed the need for a laboratory polysomnography. Since bilevel airway pressure (BPAP) is titrated in the sleep lab, patients diagnosed using portable home-based polysomnography may not have the opportunity to receive BPAP. It is unknown whether the patients who would have ordinarily received a BPAP would benefit from it. We determine correlates of receiving BPAP and of being switched from BPAP to CPAP. We examine whether patients with these correlates have better adherence to BPAP versus CPAP.

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