Positive Airway Pressure Therapy, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics: Volume 5-3

Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Therapy is a hugely important therapy option for sleep medicine specialists. This issue examines PAP therapy from every angle, in adults and children, to deliver a collection of up-to-the-minute reviews for the clinician. Topics include PAP Adherence, PAP treatment of OSA in adults and children (two separate articles), CPAP/BPAP titration, Adaptive Servo-Ventilation Titration, APAP and alternative titration methods, PAP treatment of Central Sleep Apnea, PAP and CHF, PAP treatment of hypoventilation in children, effects of PAP treatment on Non-CV medical disorders and on cardiovascular function, Adjunctive measures in PAP (oxygen, humidification, hypnotics) and NPPV titration and treatment.

About the author

Dr. Richard B. Berry is a professor of medicine at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He has been honored with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine awards for Excellence in Education (2010) and Distinguished Service to the Field of Sleep Medicine (2020). Dr. Berry is a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Product details

• Authors: Richard B Berry, Richard B. Berry, Berry Richard B.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2010
• EAN: 9781437724950
• ISBN: 978-1-4377-2495-0
• Weight: 630 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine; Sleep Medicine Clinics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Sleep disorders & therapy, Sleep disorders and therapy, MEDICAL / Sleep Medicine