Frith R W, Cant B R
Thorax. 1985 Jan;40(1):45-50. doi: 10.1136/thx.40.1.45.
Seven patients with the severe obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome were treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure for from three to 22 months. This treatment reversed all symptoms due to the syndrome in every patient and continued to be used in five patients. One patient stopped treatment after eight months and subsequently remained incapacitated and another underwent tracheostomy at the time of transphenoidal hypophysectomy. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure is a safe, non-invasive treatment, which may be used in the presence of cardiac and respiratory failure. It is able fully to reverse upper airway obstruction and can be used at home on a long term basis.
7例重度阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征患者接受了3至22个月的经鼻持续气道正压通气治疗。该治疗使每位患者因该综合征所致的所有症状均得到缓解，且有5例患者仍在继续使用该治疗方法。1例患者在治疗8个月后停止治疗，随后仍丧失劳动能力，另1例患者在经蝶窦垂体切除术时接受了气管切开术。经鼻持续气道正压通气是一种安全的非侵入性治疗方法，可用于存在心功能和呼吸功能衰竭的患者。它能够完全解除上气道梗阻，并且可以长期在家中使用。
