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Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Treatment

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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains the treatment of choice for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The mechanism by which CPAP maintains the patency of the upper airway in patients with OSA is by acting as a pneumatic splint. The authors of the paper introducing CPAP as a treatment modality for OSA suggested this mechanism in 1981 [1]. Subsequent research explored other mechanisms and confirmed this notion and showed that CPAP can increase upper airway volume by ∼20% [2].

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Bhadriraju, S., Collop, N. (2012). Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Treatment. In: Badr, M. (eds) Essentials of Sleep Medicine. Respiratory Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-735-8_8

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