Reliability of home CPAP titration with different automatic CPAP devices

Respiratory Research

Table 3 Results of the titration studies according to each Auto CPAP device during the whole week titration.

Auto CPAP device	Autoset Spirit	Remstar Auto	GK 420
CPAP usage (h)	5.6 ± 1.9 ^a	4.6 ± 1.7 ^a	5.0 ± 2.3 ^a
AHI (n/h)	7.1 ± 4.1 ^a	4.7 ± 3.4 ^b	3.1 ± 3.1 ^c
Max pressure (cm H₂O)	10.9 ± 1.0 ^a	12.6 ± 2.4 ^b	11.0 ± 2.4 ^a
Median pressure (cm H₂O)	7.4 ± 1.3 ^a	6.6 ± 1.9 ^a	5.9 ± 1.8 ^b
Recommended pressure level (cm H₂O)	9.8 ± 1.1 ^a	9.0 ± 2.0 ^a	9.2 ± 2.7 ^a
Pressure variability	2.6 ± 0.5 ^a	1.8 ± 1.0 ^b	2.9 ± 1.6 ^a

Significant differences between columns are indicated by the use of different letters as described in table 2.

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