Open AccessAir Leak is Associated with Poor Adherence to Autopap Therapy
Author(s) -
Alexandra Valentin,
Shyam Subramanian,
Stuart F. Quan,
Richard B. Berry,
Sairam Parthasarathy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1054
Subject(s) - medicine , continuous positive airway pressure , leak , odds ratio , obstructive sleep apnea , logistic regression , positive airway pressure , surgery , anesthesia , environmental engineering , engineering
To our knowledge, a systematic study of the effect of air leak on adherence to auto-titrating positive airway pressure (autoPAP) therapy has not been reported. We hypothesized that in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), greater levels of air leak were associated with poor adherence to autoPAP therapy.
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