Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in Non-Apneic Asthma: A Clinical Review of Current Evidence

Vania CALDEİRA, Habib Mohammad Reazaul KARİM, Antonio M. ESQUİNAS, Sally ZİATABAR, Giuseppe INSALACO, Francesca De MARCO, Szymon SKOCZYNSKİ, Irena SARC, Luigi FERİNİ-STRAMBİ, Leyla PUR ÖZYİĞİT, Thierry HERNANDEZ-GİLSOUL, Subrata Kumar SİNGHA, Laura CİOBANU, José Luis Sandoval GUTİERREZ, Zbigniew SZK

Abstract

The use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in asthma has been a point of debate over the past several years. Various studies, including those on animals and humans have attempted to understand the role and pathophysiology of CPAP in patients with either well controlled or poorly controlled asthma. The aim of this manuscript is to review the currently available literature on the physiologic and clinical effects of CPAP in animal models of asthma and on humans with stable asthma.