Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Adding on endotype-informed targeted combination therapies to oral appliance therapy helped reduce obstructive sleep apnea severity, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Over the past year, interest in artificial intelligence, or AI, in the pulmonology field has been growing.

A 70-year-old man presents to the office reporting that his wife made him come in to get evaluated for “horrible snoring.”

Using positive airway pressure therapy each night lowered the rate of hospitalizations and emergency room visits in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

As of Sept. 30, 2023, there have been 561 reported deaths reportedly connected to recalled Philips Respironics devices, according to an update from the FDA.

Philips Respironics will stop selling its sleep therapy and respiratory care devices in the U.S. until it meets the demands of a consent decree from the FDA, according to a press release from the company.

Having a low pulse wave amplitude drop index was linked to a heightened risk for cardiovascular events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who used positive airway pressure consistently for 4 hours or more per night over 3 years had lower health care costs than patients with infrequent use, according to results published in CHEST.

Use of CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula or bilevel positive airway pressure lowered odds for extubation failure within 2 to 3 days among critically ill children compared with conventional oxygen therapy, according to data in JAMA Pediatrics.