Positive airway pressure for sleep-disordered breathing in acute quadriplegia: a randomised controlled trial

David J Berlowitz; Rachel Schembri; Marnie Graco; Jacqueline M Ross; Najib Ayas; Ian Gordon; Bonne Lee; Allison Graham; Susan V Cross; Martin McClelland; Paul Kennedy; Pradeep Thumbikat; Cynthia Bennett; Andrea Townson; Timothy J Geraghty; Sue Pieri-Davies; Raj Singhal; Karen Marshall; Deborah Short; Andrew Nunn; Duncan Mortimer; Doug Brown; Robert J Pierce; Peter A Cistulli; Rick Acland; Janette L Alexander; Amber E Backwell; Lauren Booker; Joy R Chowdhury; Amanda Davies; Brett Duce; Rebecca Dytor; Nurit Fox; AJ Hirsch Allen; Denise M Hislop; Rachel Jones; Teresa Jones; Carol Li; Meghan Leigh; Sarah Leighton; Louise MacLellan; Victoria Middleton; Melinda S Millard; Lianne Nier; Lynne O'Keeffe; Aheed Osman; Jessica Patti; Valerie Pick; Warren R Ruehland; Jo Spong; Kate Sutherland; Amber M Van Lit; Catherine Whittall

Journal article

Positive airway pressure for sleep-disordered breathing in acute quadriplegia: a randomised controlled trial

David J Berlowitz, Rachel Schembri, Marnie Graco, Jacqueline M Ross, Najib Ayas, Ian Gordon, Bonne Lee, Allison Graham, Susan V Cross, Martin McClelland, Paul Kennedy, Pradeep Thumbikat, Cynthia Bennett, Andrea Townson, Timothy J Geraghty, Sue Pieri-Davies, Raj Singhal, Karen Marshall, Deborah Short, Andrew Nunn Show all

Thorax | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212319

University of Melbourne Researchers

David Berlowitz Author Physiotherapy

Ian Gordon Author Mathematics and Statistics

Grants

Awarded by Transport Accident Commission (Victoria, Australia)

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)

Funding Acknowledgements

The project was primarily funded by the Transport Accident Commission (Victoria, Australia) as an element of the Sleep Health in Quadriplegia research programme (DP158) and also supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, APP1080020) and the Rick Hansen Foundation (Canada). Auto-setting continuous positive airway pressure devices were provided as in-kind support by ResMed (San Diego. USA).