Continuous positive airway pressure usage in hospitalized patients with known obstructive sleep apnea: discrepancy between admission pressure settings and laboratory-determined settings

Abstract

Among patients admitted to the hospital, a correct, laboratory-derived CPAP setting is infrequently prescribed during the first night of hospitalization. Predictors for correctly ordering CPAP include latency from the time of in-laboratory CPAP titration, BMI, and laboratory-derived CPAP level.