Winfried Randerath, Johan Verbraecken, Christel A L de Raaff, Jan Hedner, Simon Herkenrath, Winfried Hohenhorst, Tina Jakob, Oreste Marrone, Marie Marklund, Walter T McNicholas, Rebecca L Morgan, Jean-Louis Pepin, Sofia Schiza, Nicole Skoetz, Dan Smyth, Jörg Steier, Thomy Tonia, Wojciech Trzepizur, Piet-Heijn van Mechelen, Peter Wijkstra
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults is evolving, as new therapies have been explored and introduced in clinical practice, while other approaches have been refined or reconsidered. In this European Respiratory Society (ERS) guideline on non-continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapies for OSA, we present recommendations determined by a systematic review of the literature. It is an update of the 2011 ERS statement on non-CPAP therapies, advanced into a clinical guideline. A multidisciplinary group of experts, including pulmonary, surgical, dentistry and ear-nose-throat specialists, methodologists and patient representatives considered the most relevant clinical questions (for both clinicians and patients) relating to the management of OSA...
December 31, 2021: European Respiratory Review: An Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society