A new study reveals the potential benefit of continuous positive airway pressure in preventing hypertension in normotensive ...

Stronger differential effect for CPAP seen for those without excessive sleepiness, without increased blood pressure.

Discover how CPAP benefits heart health in high-risk sleep apnoea patients. Find out more about personalised treatment.

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when muscles in your throat relax and repeatedly block your airway, causing you to stop breathing as you sleep.

Patients who reported lower levels of sleepiness after 1 month of positive airway pressure therapy showed high compliance at day 90 and adherence at day 360, according to results published in ...

Patients on positive airway pressure demonstrated better measures of adherence and mask pressure and leakage when followed-up with telemedicine vs. standard care, according to results published in ...

Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is the treatment of choice for OSA. 5-7,9,10 If effectively used, it may reduce the health burden and cost of OSA and improve quality of life. 5,11-13 ...

TOPLINE: The utilization of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is associated with reduced rates of mortality and incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in older adults with ...

This helps reduce instances of dry mouth or similar issues during use. Credit: VSchagow, CC BY-SA 4.0 Enter the CPAP machine—short for “continuous positive airway pressure.” ...

You may know about the type of ventilator that pumps oxygen into your lungs. It’s called a “positive pressure ventilator.” That’s the main kind of ventilation that doctors use today.