Article
Novel Approach to Simulate Sleep Apnea Patients for Evaluating Positive Pressure Therapy Devices.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Isetta Valentina, Montserrat Josep M, Santano Raquel, Wimms Alison J, Ramanan Dinesh, Woehrle Holger, Navajas Daniel, Farré Ramon
Abstract excerpt
Bench testing is a useful method to characterize the response of different automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) devices under well-controlled conditions. However, previous models did not consider the diversity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients' characteristics and phenotypes. The obj...
Topics
- Computer Simulation
- Equipment Design
- Female
- Humans
- Models, Anatomic
- Phenotype
- Polysomnography
- Positive-Pressure Respiration
- Posture
- Pressure
- Respiration
- Rheology
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
- Sleep Deprivation
- Sleep Stages
- Snoring
- Wakefulness