Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

When should we start continuous positive airway pressure in the delivery room and how high should we go?

CJ Wright, H Kirpalani - Acta Paediatrica, 2016

... Despite advances in neonatal care, the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains
unacceptably high [1]. Several randomised controlled trials have demonstrated that the routine
use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in very preterm infants of less ...

Red Cell Distribution Width in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

SE León, CS Gómara, TJM Marin - Archivos de bronconeumologia, 2016

... The RDW was obtained from the complete blood count. Changes in RDW after one year
of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) were determined. ... No significant
changes were found in RDW after one year of CPAP therapy. ...

[HTML] A systematic review on prevalence and risk factors associated with treatment-emergent central sleep apnea

G Nigam, C Pathak, M Riaz - Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2016

... polysomnogram. The mean effective continuous PAP (CPAP) setting varied between
7.5 cm and 15.2 cm of water for patients in TECSA group and between 7.4 cm and
13.6 cm of water for the group without TECSA. Conclusions ...

Aminophylline-associated irritable behaviour in preterm neonates

T Maeda, M Inoue, K Sekiguchi, K Ihara - Early Human Development, 2016

... A continuous intravenous administration of aminophylline (4–6 mg/kg/day) was initiated if the
baby suffered repetitive apnoeic episodes even under the use of nasal continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP). ... The oral treatment was terminated after weaning from CPAP. ...

Sustained vs. Intermittent Lung Inflation for Resuscitation of Preterm Infants: a Randomized Controlled Trial

MS El-Chimi, HA Awad, TM El-Gammasy… - The Journal of Maternal- …, 2016

... (n=57) using T-piece resuscitator (maximum three inflations with maximum pressure of 30cmH2O
for 15 seconds followed by CPAP of 5-7cmH2O) or conventional bag/mask inflation ... minute-Apgar
score (median 8 vs. 7; p=0.018), shorter duration on nasal-CPAP (p=0.017), and ...

Application of P4 Medicine to Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Roadmap for Improving Care?

AI Pack - Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2016

... participatory—is ideally suited to OSA with technology to obtain extensive data remotely from
CPAP machines. Providing adherence data directly to patients increases their use of CPAP. ...
Another key event was the description of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as ...

Stroke risk assessment in atrial fibrillation: risk factors and markers of atrial myopathy

BW Calenda, V Fuster, JL Halperin, CB Granger - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2016

[HTML] Noninvasive ventilation for severely acidotic patients in respiratory intermediate care units

JF Masa, I Utrabo, JG de Terreros, M Aburto, C Esteban… - BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2016

... NIV and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improve both the symptoms and
physiological variables in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE), [4–6]
although it is not clear whether either intervention results in a lower mortality rate than standard ...

Obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis among middle-aged women

AKL Medeiros, RQ Coutinho, IML Barros, LOBF Costa… - Sleep and Breathing, 2016

... Atherosclerosis . Coronary heart disease Abbreviations AHI Apnea-hypopnea index BMI Body
mass index BP Blood pressure CAC Coronary artery calcium CPAP Continuous positive airway
pressure ECG Electrocardiogram * Rodrigo P. Pedrosa rppedrosa@terra.com.br ...

Tele-monitoring of ventilator-dependent patients: a European Respiratory Society Statement

N Ambrosino, M Vitacca, M Dreher, V Isetta… - European Respiratory …, 2016

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