CPAP WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on CPAP
Continuous Positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a method of respiratory ventilation used primarily in the treatment of sleep apnea, for which it was first developed. CPAP ventilation is also commonly used for critically ill patients in hospital with respiratory failure, and in newborn infants (neonates). ...read more from Wikipedia
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Fast Facts:
- Professor Colin Sullivan first developed the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure system at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1981.
- A CPAP machine increases air pressure in your throat so that your airway does not collapse when you breathe in.
- The CPAP machines blows air at a prescribed pressure. The necessary pressure is determined by a sleep physician after review of a sleep study.
Latest Headlines on CPAP
What is CPAP?
- MedicineNet: Definition of CPAP
- American Academy of Otolaryngology: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- Wikipedia: Positive airway pressure
- FamilyDoctor: CPAP Devices for Sleep Apnea
- American Family Physician: CPAP for Sleep Apnea
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for CPAP?
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: Sleep Apnea: Breathing Devices
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Sleep Apnea Treatment and Side Effects
- American Sleep Apnea Association: When Things Go Wrong with CPAP
What are the Alternatives to CPAP?
- Wikipedia: Mandibular Advancement Splint
- Washington University Physicians: Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP)
- SleepReviewMag: Palatal Stiffening as a CPAP Alternative
- HealthAtoZ: Palate Implants Improve Sleep Apnea
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Septoplasty
- eMedicine: Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Surgery
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about CPAP
- CPAP Blog: All About CPAP & Sleep Apnea
- Cracking the Sleep Code: Blog About Sleep Disorders
- The Sleep Apnea and CPAP Experience: The Sleep Apnea and CPAP Experience
Clinical Trials for CPAP
- ClinicalTrials.gov: CPAP Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: CPAP Clinical Trials
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about CPAP
- CPAPTalk: A Forum For All Things CPAP
- The Sleep Wellness Institute: CPAP Forum
- Apnea Support Forum: CPAP mask/CPAP Machine Questions forum and topics
Foundations and Support Groups on CPAP
- American Sleep Apnea Association: Support groups, CPAP troubleshooting, and forum
- The Sleep Wellness Institute: Sleepwell.org
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on CPAP
- Journal of the American Medical Association Search: CPAP
- PubMed Central Search: CPAP
- Google Scholar Search: CPAP
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- Contributor: L J Gouveia
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 20, 2009
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
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