Open AccessPredictive factors for CPAP failure in obstructive sleep apnea patients
Author(s) -
Abhishek Goyal,
Ankur Joshi,
Arun Mitra,
Alkesh Kumar Khurana,
Poonam Chaudhary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_867_20
Subject(s) - medicine , continuous positive airway pressure , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , logistic regression , body mass index , apnea–hypopnea index , sleep apnea , positive airway pressure , odds ratio , apnea , physical therapy , emergency medicine
Some patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) do not respond to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and for these patients, Bi-level PAP is the next level modality. This study by a theory driven hierarchical approach, tries to identify the predictors for CPAP failure among OSA patients.