Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP while in-hospital for surgical aortic valve replacement ...

THURSDAY, March 1, 2018 -- If people with sleep apnea who've been hospitalized for any reason don't use their breathing treatments when they return home, they're much more likely to end up back in the ...

A new study of patients with obstructive sleep apnea suggests that non-adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy, or CPAP, is tightly linked with an increase in 30-day hospital ...

Thinking about using a CPAP machine to quell sleep apnea? It's not necessarily a good idea for everyone, a new evidence review argues. This common treatment for sleep apnea might increase some folks' ...

In obstructive sleep apnea, using CPAP therapy more than 4 hours a night sharply cuts residual sleepiness and lowers crash ...

Dr. Chelsea Kadish and Kyle Goodknight explain why EMS providers who consider prehospital pediatric CPAP too aggressive should embrace the modality as safe and effective for even the youngest patients ...

In a Nov. 28 safety alert, the FDA warned patients and healthcare providers to carefully monitor Philips machines used for obstructive sleep apnea after receiving reports that the machines have shown ...

There is a risk of serious injury or death related to more than 20 million CPAP masks made by ResMed, the FDA said Jan. 11. The continuous positive airway pressure masks, branded as AirFit and ...

A pensioner died alone in a hospital side room after his breathing tube became detached and his appeals for help went unanswered. The 73-year-old man, identified only as Terry, was admitted to ...

Stephen Letso has asthma, so shortness of breath isn't that unusual. But on an early morning in February, when an inhaler wouldn't control his symptoms, he was afraid he would never catch his breath ...

A simple machine at Northern Beaches Hospital has helped keep numerous babies from having to go on life support, as one mum praises staff for their quick actions. Jessica and Matthew Pecar, of ...