Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP while in-hospital for surgical aortic valve replacement ...

A new study of patients with obstructive sleep apnea suggests that non-adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy, or CPAP, is tightly linked with an increase in 30-day hospital ...

THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 -- If people with sleep apnea who've been hospitalized for any reason don't use their breathing treatments when they return home, they're much more likely to end up back in the ...

To establish if a full-scale RCT of pre-hospital CPAP is appropriate. A full-scale trial is not warranted at this time, as it is not possible to accurately identify patients who will benefit from CPAP ...

Noninvasive ventilation (continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP] or noninvasive intermittent positive-pressure ventilation [NIPPV]) appears to be of benefit in the immediate treatment of patients ...

In a Nov. 28 safety alert, the FDA warned patients and healthcare providers to carefully monitor Philips machines used for obstructive sleep apnea after receiving reports that the machines have shown ...

The limited supply of ventilators is one of the chief concerns facing hospitals as they prepare for more COVID-19 cases. In Italy, where hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients in respiratory ...

I don’t want to be intubated. That was my main thought a few weeks ago as I lay in bed at home, having trouble breathing and watching my pulse oximeter show that my blood oxygen was under 93% when it ...

There is a risk of serious injury or death related to more than 20 million CPAP masks made by ResMed, the FDA said Jan. 11. The continuous positive airway pressure masks, branded as AirFit and ...

Stephen Letso has asthma, so shortness of breath isn't that unusual. But on an early morning in February, when an inhaler wouldn't control his symptoms, he was afraid he would never catch his breath ...

A simple machine at Northern Beaches Hospital has helped keep numerous babies from having to go on life support, as one mum praises staff for their quick actions. Jessica and Matthew Pecar, of ...