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CPAP via nasal mask: a treatment for occlusive sleep apnea.

Abstract
A 38-year-old man had incapacitating hypersomnolence and severe occlusive sleep apnea. Baseline polysomnography revealed 92.9 apneic episodes per hour of sleep. Application of nasal continuous positive airway pressure through a modified nasal nitrous mask using a ball-valve resistor resulted in reduction of occlusive apnea to 1.17 episodes per hour of sleep and marked improvement in the quality of sleep.
AuthorsM H Sanders, S E Moore, J Eveslage
JournalChest (Chest) Vol. 83 Issue 1 Pg. 144-5 (Jan 1983) ISSN: 0012-3692 [Print] United States
PMID6336688 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Masks
  • Nose
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration (instrumentation, methods)
  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes (therapy)

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