Prediction of Optimal Positive Airway Pressure in Chinese Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Feng Pang, Wenmin Deng, Jingyan Huang, Yu Guo, Minmin Lin, Xiangmin Zhang, Jie Liu · 2024
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Feng Pang and co-authors built a formula to predict the best air pressure for treating sleep apnea in Chinese patients, in work published in 2024. Pressure therapy is the main treatment, but finding the right level takes a full sleep study titration. The team used records from one hundred sixty seven patients.
Pressure needs linked to age, body weight, sleepiness, and several measures of breathing pauses and low oxygen. The final formula uses sex, age, a pause index, and time spent at low oxygen. It explained about fifty five percent of the spread in best pressure. The authors note the formula works less well for some people, so direct titration still matters for them.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Feng Pang, Wenmin Deng, Jingyan Huang, Yu Guo, Minmin Lin, Xiangmin Zhang, Jie Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |