Main description:

This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics is edited by Drs. Brown and Shahrokh Javaheri and focuses on Advanced PAP Therapies and Non-invasive Ventilation. Article topics include: Current Positive Airway Pressure Device Technology: What's in the "black box?"; Testing the Performance of Positive Airway Pressure Generators: From Bench to Bedside; Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Choosing the Best PAP Device; Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Choosing the Best Interface; Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Achieving Adherence and Dealing with Complications; Treatment of Hyperventilatory Central Sleep Apnea: Idiopathic, CHF, Cerebrovascular Disease, and High Altitude; Disordered Breathing Due to Chronic Opioid Use: Diverse Manifestations and Their Management; Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Choosing the Appropriate Treatment for a Heterogeneous Disorder; Positive Airway Pressure Treatment in the Patient with Ventilatory Failure due to Neuromuscular Disease; Non-invasive Ventilation in Acute Ventilatory Failure; Domiciliary Non-invasive Ventilation for Chronic Ventilatory Failure; The Future of Positive Airway Pressure Technology.

Contents:

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Advanced PAP Therapies and Non-invasive Ventilation

Preface: The Development of Positive Airway Pressure Technology and Applications: Faster than Space Travel!

Positive Airway Pressure Device Technology Past and Present: What's in the "Black Box"?

Testing the Performance of Positive Airway Pressure Generators: From Bench to Bedside

Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Choosing the Best Positive Airway Pressure Device

Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Choosing the Best Interface

Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Achieving Adherence to Positive Airway Pressure Treatment and Dealing with Complications

Positive Airway Pressure Therapy for Hyperventilatory Central Sleep Apnea: Idiopathic, Heart Failure, Cerebrovascular Disease, and High Altitude

Sleep Disordered Breathing Caused by Chronic Opioid Use: Diverse Manifestations and Their Management

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Choosing the Appropriate Treatment of a Heterogeneous Disorder

Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Ventilatory Failure: Rationale and Current Applications

Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilatory Support Begins During Sleep

Future of Positive Airway Pressure Technology