Auto-CPAP Information
		In the lab or in the home, auto-CPAP therapy provides a variety of benefits for patients and professionals alike. The following articles detail some of the ways that auto-CPAP can be an effective tool.

Facts Long-term auto-CPAP treatment in patients with severe OSA appears to provide comparable efficacy to that of standard CPAP treatment. The amount of use during CPAP treatment is higher with auto-CPAP than with constant-CPAP. Auto-CPAP has been shown to be as effective as constant CPAP in resolving sleep-related breathing disorders, nocturnal desaturation, and sleep fragmentation and in improving daytime sleepiness. Auto-CPAP may favorably influence long-term therapeutic compliance. Comparable beneficial effects were obtained with lower mean overnight levels of CPAP with autotitrating CPAP compared with the fixed CPAP therapy. Auto-CPAP seems to be a reliable alternative to manual titration of the therapeutic pressure in patients with OSA. Articles   Two Months Follow Up of Auto-CPAP Treatment in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. —Boudewyns A, Grillier-Lanoir V, Willemen MJ, De Cock WA, Van de Heyning PH, De Backer WA. Thorax 1999 Feb;54(2):147-9.   Constant vs. Automatic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy. —Marie-Pia d'Ortho, Veronique Grillier-Lanoir, Patrick Levy, Francoise Goldenberg, Evelyne Corriger, Alain Harf, Frederic Lofaso. CHEST 2000; 118:1010-1017.   Comparison of Automatic (Auto-CPAP) and "Manual" CPAP Pressure Titration in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. —Plywaczewski R, Zgierska A, Bednarek M, Zielinski J., Pneumonol Alergol Pol 2000;68(5-6):232-7.   Efficacy of Auto-CPAP in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome. —Meurice JC, Marc I, Series F. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996 Feb;153(2):794-8.   Positive Pressure Therapy. —Strollo PJ Jr, Sanders MH, Atwood CW. Clin Chest Med 1998 Mar;19(1):55-68.