Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

The FDA has issued a safety communication regarding reports of fire, smoke, burns and other signs of overheating in DreamStation 2 CPAP machines by Philips Respironics, according to a press release.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who have heart failure, are of older age or use an oronasal CPAP mask faced an increased risk for high residual apnea-hypopnea index variability, according to results published in CHEST.

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 Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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 Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

CPAP use for 6 months reduced telomere shortening, or cellular aging, in men with obstructive sleep apnea compared with no CPAP use, according to study results presented at SLEEP 2023.

HONOLULU — Women often have different presentations and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea compared with men and are offered treatment less often, according to a speaker at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

People who have difficulty sleeping or sleep less than 6 hours per day have a higher likelihood of developing hypertension, according to a study analyzing data from more than 66,000 participants.

The FDA asked for more testing regarding the recall of certain Philips Respironics ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure machines and continuous positive airway pressure machines, according to an update from the agency.

The 2023 European Respiratory Society International Congress featured lectures and groundbreaking research on a wide variety of respiratory diseases/conditions.

Good adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy may reduce risk for major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in secondary prevention of CVD in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.