The American Journal of Managed Care

CPAP Use Linked With Increased Physical Activity in Patients With Comorbid OSA, Cardiovascular Disease

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and history of cardiovascular disease treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy were shown to report 20% higher levels of moderate ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Long-term CPAP Use Linked With Improved Sleepiness, Depressive Symptoms in Patients With OSA

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exhibited improvements in sleepiness, depressive, and anxiety symptoms after 3 years of continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) use, although ...
Yahoo Finance

HSS Researchers Find CPAP Use Before Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery Reduces Risk of Emergency Department Visits After Surgery for Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

"Obstructive sleep apnea affects 40 million adults in the United States and is associated with an increased complication risk among patients undergoing surgery," said Stavros Memtsoudis, MD, PhD, ...
News Medical

CPAP use by sleep apnea patients associated with lower cardiovascular risk

Findings from a recent study show that patients with untreated, moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea had a higher risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event, but the risk of incident heart ...
Medscape

CPAP Use Tied to Reduced Mortality in T2D and Sleep Apnea

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who were prescribed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) had a 26% lower risk for mortality than patients with T2D not ...
CNN

Sleep apnea’s CPAP machine doesn’t cut heart risks, study says

But the treatment is still worthwhile: CPAP did improve mood and work attendance A new study might tempt some sleep apnea patients to unplug their machines. Continuous positive airway pressure, or ...
Science Daily

CPAP use for sleep apnea does not negatively impact sexual quality of life

Patients who use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device to treat obstructive sleep apnea often believe that it makes them less sexually attractive, according to researchers. New research ...
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CPAP, BiPAP machines could be used in the fight against COVID-19

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As the number of COVID-19 cases in our country rise, supplies are dwindling. Medical professionals facing a shortage of ventilators in some areas of the country are turning to ...
Hackaday

CPAP Firmware Hack Enables BiPAP Mode; Envisions Use As Temporary Ventilator

Operating under the idea that a Constant Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine isn’t very far removed electrically or mechanically from a proper ventilator, [Trammell Hudson] has performed some ...
IndustryWeek

Emergency Use Authorization Enables BiPAP Adapter Production

Formlabs announced today that it has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to print bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) adapters designed by ...
NPR

CPAP Machines Were Seen As Ventilator Alternatives, But Could Spread COVID-19

The limited supply of ventilators is one of the chief concerns facing hospitals as they prepare for more COVID-19 cases. In Italy, where hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients in respiratory ...