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Auto-CPAP: saving money as a single tool for OSA

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Abbreviations

CPAP:

Continuous positive airway pressure

OSA:

Obstructive sleep apnea

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  1. Division of Respiratory Disease, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno, Veruno, Italy

    Alberto Braghiroli

  2. National Research Council of Italy–Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology “A. Monroy”, Palermo, Italy

    Giuseppe Insalaco

  3. Intensive Care and Non Invasive Ventilatory Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain

    Antonio M. Esquinas

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Braghiroli, A., Insalaco, G. & Esquinas, A.M. Auto-CPAP: saving money as a single tool for OSA. Sleep Breath 20, 249–250 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-015-1244-5

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