Positive Airway Pressure Therapy, an Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics: Volume 5-3

ISBN-13: 9781437724950 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 1 str.

Richard B. Berry

Opis

Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Therapy is a hugely important therapy option for sleep medicine specialists.? This issue examines PAP therapy from every angle, in adults and children, to deliver a collection of up-to-the-minute reviews for the clinician.? Topics include PAP Adherence, PAP treatment of OSA in adults and children (two separate articles), CPAP/BPAP titration, Adaptive Servo-Ventilation Titration, APAP and alternative titration methods, PAP treatment of Central Sleep Apnea, PAP and CHF, PAP treatment of hypoventilation in children, effects of PAP treatment on Non-CV medical disorders and on cardiovascular function, Adjunctive measures in PAP (oxygen, humidification, hypnotics) and NPPV titration and treatment.