Background and objective Effective non‐invasive ventilation ( NIV ) therapy is dependent on
optimal ventilator settings to maximize clinical benefit and patient tolerance. Intelligent …

The aim of this study was to assess the influence of different masks, ventilator settings and
body positions on the pressure exerted on the nasal bridge by the mask and subjective …

Background: Full polysomnography require analysis of sleep staging (SS), arousals (Ar),
leg movements (LM) and breathing pattern (BP). It is known that experts disagree between …

Background: Masks for noninvasive ventilation (NIV) must provide a good seal but can exert
high pressure on the face, particularly over the nasal bridge (NB) which can limit treatment …

Intro: A novel intelligent non invasive ventilator allows automated set-up & delivery of
volume assured ventilation within preset pressure support boundaries adjusting to patient …

… Simon Durrant, Tim Quinnell, Alanna Hare, Stephen Emegbo, Lizzie Hill, Jason Ellis,
Anna Weighall, Rachel Pickersgill, Alison McMillan, Ari Manuel, Omendra Narayan, Alex …

… Miss Rachel Pickersgill and Mr Vitor Roldao analysed the sleep studies in Chapters 5 and
6… I thank Vitor Roldao and Rachel Pickersgill for analysing the polysomnography data and Mr …

Chronic heart failure (HF) is a prevalent clinical syndrome in which both central and obstructive
sleep disordered breathing (SDB) have been described. The aim of this research was to …

Rationale: To date, EEG is the only quantifiable measure of the neural changes that define
sleep. Although it is used widely for clinical testing, scalp-electrode EEG is costly and is …

The development of the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—the DSM-5—has reenergised and driven further …