Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is a common treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. A CPAP machine uses a hose and mask or nosepiece to deliver constant and steady air pressure.

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This application note presents a reference design for the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine. This document describes the CPAP machine, its theory of operation, signal processing, ...

For many Canadians that live with sleep apnea, it becomes a common scene: A machine that sits beside the bed with hoses, face masks and a multitude of buttons and blinking lights. It can at times feel ...

I don’t want to be intubated. That was my main thought a few weeks ago as I lay in bed at home, having trouble breathing and watching my pulse oximeter show that my blood oxygen was under 93% when it ...

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Jenny Shields was terrified when she would awaken coughing and spitting up phlegm seeded with black specks. “I couldn’t figure out what it was,” she said. Shields had her house checked for mold.