Mouth breathing compromises adherence to nasal
continuous positive airway pressure therapy.

CHEST 2004 Oct 126(4) 1248-54
Bachour A, Maasilta P.

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital,
PO Box 340, Fin-00029 HUS, Finland. adel.bachour@hus.fi

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Mouth leak compromises nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. We hypothesized that patients who breathe mainly through their mouths during sleep, compared to those who breathe mainly through their noses, would have more mouth leak during CPAP and therefore lower adherence to CPAP.

CONCLUSION: Patients with moderate-to-severe sleep-disordered breathing and a high percentage of mouth breathing during sleep were less adherent to CPAP therapy than patients exhibiting a low percentage of mouth breathing.

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