caa a22 4500 388085789 CHVBK 20180307125229.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100145517 doi S0022215100145517 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100145517 Adverse effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy in sleep apnoea syndrome [Elektronische Daten] Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is now the treatment of choice for patients with sleep apnoea syndrome. Side-effects and adverse reactions have been described in isolated reports with this device. We have, therefore, systematically studied the side-effects of nCPAP therapy in 300 consecutive patients referred to the London Chest Hospital Ventilatory Support Unit. Ninety-six per cent of patients complained of at least one side-effect resulting from the therapy, with 45 per cent complaining of a side-effect specific to the nasal mask. There was no correlation between the side-effects and level of pressure used during nCPAP. The rate of compliance remained high in spite of the side-effects, with a daily use of 7.8 hours (SD 8.05) and with 83 per cent of the patients using the device every night. Although nCPAP treatment remains acceptable to most patients there exists a high incidence of adverse effects. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Sleep apnoea syndromes nationallicence Kalan A. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK Kenyon G. S. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK Seemungal T. A. R. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK Wedzicha J. A. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/10(1999-10), 888-892 0022-2151 113:10<888 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100145517 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100145517 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalan A. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kenyon G. S. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seemungal T. A. R. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wedzicha J. A. Department of Otolaryngology and Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine St. Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/10(1999-10), 888-892 0022-2151 113:10<888 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge