Open AccessAll APAPs Are Not Equivalent for the Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing: A Bench Evaluation of Eleven Commercially Available Devices
Author(s) -
Kaixian Zhu,
G. Roisman,
Sami Aouf,
P. Escourrou
Publication year - 2015
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.4844
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep disordered breathing , sleep (system call) , breathing , polysomnography , bench to bedside , anesthesia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medical physics , obstructive sleep apnea , apnea , computer science , operating system
This study challenged on a bench-test the efficacy of auto-titrating positive airway pressure (APAP) devices for obstructive sleep disordered breathing treatment and evaluated the accuracy of the device reports.
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