During the COVID-19 pandemic, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was used as a bridge to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) or ceiling of care treat pneumonia and could be provided outside critical setting. From 07 March 2020 03 May 2020, 140 patients received

OBJECTIVES To evaluate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance and define predictors of CPAP compliance among Saudi patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after applying an educational program.  METHODS This prospective cohort study included consecutive patients diagnosed to have OSA based on polysomnography between January 2012 and January 2014 in King Saud University, Riy...

Previous studies have demonstrated that chronic mechanical strain produced by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces in vivo airway reactivity in rabbits and ferrets. For CPAP to potentially have a therapeutic benefit for asthmatic subjects, the reduction in airway responsiveness would need to persist for 12-24 h after its discontinuation, require application for only part of the da...

This is an uncommon case of a patient who developed pneumopericardium while being treated with face-mask continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for hypoxic respiratory failure following a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A pneumopericardium detected by chest radiograph resolved completely after discontinuation of face-mask CPAP. Possible mechanisms that may have been involved in this u...

CONTEXT Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is a cost-effective and minimal invasive respiratory support for the newborn. OBJECTIVE To review the evidence related to various aspects of CPAP usage and its applicability for developing countries. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We conducted a literature search on PubMed, CENTRAL, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews using the terms CPAP OR ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on weight change in persons with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). DESIGN SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study (APPLES) was a 6-month, randomized, double-blinded sham-controlled multicenter clinical trial conducted at 5 sites in the United States. Of 1,105 participants w...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients, as well as in patients with resistant hypertension. The effect of CPAP is directly related to treatment compliance [1–3]. Observational studies have shown a reduction in cardiovascular mortality risk in severe OSA patients treated with CPAP and adequate compliance [4–6]. A recent random...

Positive airway pressure systems are widely used to treat patients with moderate-tosevere obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. The application of stable continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) via the nose (nasal CPAP) has been the mainstay of treatment since the early 1980s. For treatment to be effective, the pressure level must be fine-tuned to restore patency of the individual patient’...

Non-invasive ventilation was among the earliest forms of respiratory support used in infants with respiratory failure in the early seventies. Its use in preterm infants, however, subsided to the use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (N-CPAP). Continuous distending pressure provided by N-CPAP improves oxygenation by stabilising lung volume in infants with respiratory distress syndrome...