Auto-trilevel versus bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation for hypercapnic overlap syndrome patients.

CONCLUSION: Auto-trilevel PAP therapy was superior over conventional Bilevel PAP therapy for hypercapnic OS patients with their OSAS moderate to severe, since auto-trilevel PAP was more efficacious in synchronous elimination of residual obstructive apnea events and CO2 retention as well as in obtaining a better sleep quality and milder daytime drowsiness. PMID: 28612267 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Sleep and Breathing - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research