Comparison of Auto-Adjusting Positive Airway Pressure Devices

Comparison of Auto-Adjusting Positive Airway Pressure Devices

Little is understood about how different auto-adjusting PAP devices operate. The purpose of this evaluation is to compare two devices in a randomised two night PSG trial.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males aged ≥ 18 years
• Recently diagnosed with OSA (AHI ≥15). Recently defined as less than 3 months before study entry
• Naive to CPAP therapy
• Participants willing and able to give written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants requiring Bi-level PAP
• Participants requiring supplemental oxygen
• Participants who are pregnant
• Subjects who have a pre existing lung disease/ condition that would predispose them to pneumothorax (for example: COPD, lung cancer; fibrosis of the lungs; recent (< 2years) case of pneumonia or lung infection; lung injury)