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2. Positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those who are critically ill in hospital with respiratory failure, in newborn infants (), and for the prevention and treatment of atelectasis in patients with difficulty taking deep breaths.

3. Continuous positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   CPAP machines possess a motor that pressurizes room temperature air and delivers it through a hose connected to a mask or tube worn by the patient. This constant stream of air opens and keeps the upper airway unobstructed during inhalation and exhalation. [1] Some CPAP machines have other features as well, such as heated humidifiers.

4. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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   Breathing devices include the use of a CPAP machine. [21] With proper use, CPAP improves outcomes. [22] Evidence suggests that CPAP may improve sensitivity to insulin, blood pressure, and sleepiness. [23] [24] [25] Long term compliance, however, is an issue with more than half of people not appropriately using the device.

5. Does Medicare cover CPAP machines? - AOL

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   For Medicare, this usually applies to prescription drugs. Does Medicare cover CPAP machines? If a doctor diagnoses OSA after a sleep study, Medicare may cover a 3-month trial of CPAP therapy. This ...

6. Respironics - Wikipedia

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   McGinnis developed the "Nasal CPAP Mask System," a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for the treatment of sleep apnea, [3] based on the original 1981 design by Dr. Colin Sullivan. [4] After receiving FDA approval in 1984, Respironics began selling the first commercially available CPAP machine a year later. [5]

7. Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have asthma. Here's what causes it.

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   Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases in the world, affecting some 262 million people worldwide and causing more than 450,000 deaths annually, per the World Health Organization.While ...