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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Long-term Treatment of Sleep Apnea FREE

Wolfgang W. Schmidt-Nowara, MD
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1984;138(1):82-84. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1984.02140390070021
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• Severe obstructive sleep apnea in a child with cleft palate and micrognathia developed after soft-palate repair. Continuous positive airway pressure applied to the nose during sleep corrected the abnormalities of sleep and breathing. Long-term treatment produced a remission of all symptoms. Proper technique was important. Continuous positive airway pressure was effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea in this child, and long-term treatment was implemented in the home.

(AJDC 1984;138:82-84)

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Sullivan CE, Berthon-Jones M, Issa FQ:  Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure through the nose , abstracted. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982;; 125( (suppl) ):107.
Rapoport DM, Sorkin B, Garay SM, et al:  Reversal of the 'pickwickian syndrome' by longterm use of nocturnal nasal-airway pressure . N Engl J Med 1982;;307:931-933.
Wagner DR, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED:  Nocturnal nasal-airway pressure for sleep apnea . N Engl J Med 1983;;308:461-462.

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Sullivan CE, Issa FQ, Berthon-Jones M, et al:  Reversal of obstructive sleep apnea by continuous positive pressure applied through the nares . Lancet 1981;;1:862-865.
Rechtschaffen A, Kales A (eds): A Manual of Standardized Terminology Techniques, and Scoring System for Sleep Stages of Human Subjects . Los Angeles, UCLA Brain Information Service-Brain Research Institute, 1968;.
Mahatevia AK, Onal E, Lopata M:  Expiratory positive airway pressure reduces sleep induced respiratory abnormalities in patients with hypersomnia-sleep apnea syndrome , abstracted. Chest 1982;;82:237.
Coccagna R, di Donato G, Verucchi P, et al:  Hypersomnia with periodic apneas in acquired micrognathia . Arch Neurol 1976;;33:769-776.
Kravath RE, Pollak CP, Borowiecki B, et al:  Obstructive sleep apnea and death associated with surgical correction of velopharyngeal incompetence . Pediatrics 1980;;96:645-648.
Guilleminault C, Eldridge FL, Simmons FB, et al:  Sleep apnea in eight children . Pediatrics 1976;;58:23-30.
Brouillette RT, Ferbach SK, Hunt CE:  Obstructive sleep apnea in infants and children . Pediatrics 1982;;100:31-40.
Eliaschar I, Lavie P, Halperin E, et al:  Sleep apneic episodes as indications for adenotonsillectomy . Arch Otolaryngol 1980;;106:492-496.
Sullivan CE, Berthon-Jones M, Issa FQ:  Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure through the nose , abstracted. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982;; 125( (suppl) ):107.
Rapoport DM, Sorkin B, Garay SM, et al:  Reversal of the 'pickwickian syndrome' by longterm use of nocturnal nasal-airway pressure . N Engl J Med 1982;;307:931-933.
Wagner DR, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED:  Nocturnal nasal-airway pressure for sleep apnea . N Engl J Med 1983;;308:461-462.

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