Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP while in-hospital for surgical aortic valve replacement ...

A new study of patients with obstructive sleep apnea suggests that non-adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy, or CPAP, is tightly linked with an increase in 30-day hospital ...

THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 -- If people with sleep apnea who've been hospitalized for any reason don't use their breathing treatments when they return home, they're much more likely to end up back in the ...

Most people with obstructive sleep apnea — a condition in which normal breathing is regularly interrupted during sleep — are prescribed a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine as ...

Continuous positive airway pressure, the most widely prescribed therapy for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, resulted in significantly lower blood pressure compared to either nocturnal ...

To establish if a full-scale RCT of pre-hospital CPAP is appropriate. A full-scale trial is not warranted at this time, as it is not possible to accurately identify patients who will benefit from CPAP ...

A CPAP machine provides continuous air pressure to keep the airways open during sleep. Doctors may prescribe CPAP therapy to people who experience symptoms of sleep apnea. A continuous positive airway ...

I don’t want to be intubated. That was my main thought a few weeks ago as I lay in bed at home, having trouble breathing and watching my pulse oximeter show that my blood oxygen was under 93% when it ...

In a Nov. 28 safety alert, the FDA warned patients and healthcare providers to carefully monitor Philips machines used for obstructive sleep apnea after receiving reports that the machines have shown ...

There is a risk of serious injury or death related to more than 20 million CPAP masks made by ResMed, the FDA said Jan. 11. The continuous positive airway pressure masks, branded as AirFit and ...