PAGE CONTENTS
(1) Authoritative online information
(2) Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) information
(3) A treatment approach for overcoming anxiety about using CPAP
(4) Referrals
(1) Authoritative online information
Sleep Education (from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine)
Up to Date: Patient education: Sleep apnea in adults (Beyond the Basics)
(2) Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) information
Websites
The Corvallis Clinic Sleep Medicine Department
If you visit this website, see the menu of resources on the left side of the page, which include helpful tips about adapting to CPAP.
WebMD - Sleep Apnea Resource Center
Sleep Education (from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine)
Wake Up to Sleep - How to get used to a CPAP machine
NIH - What to expect while using CPAP
CPAP talk (non-professional support forum)
Our collective wisdom (regarding CPAP)
Books
Totally CPAP: A Sleep Physician's Guide to Restoring Your Sleep and Reclaiming (2017), by by Steven Park, MD
The Everyperson's CPAP Handbook 2nd Edition (2014), by Elizabeth Lowe, BGS, RPSGT, RST
How to Love Your CPAP Machine: Secrets from a sleep specialist (2018), by Pamela Hamilton-Stubbs, BSN, M.D.
You Tube
Sleephoria - Valerie Cacho, MD - Board Certified Sleep Physician
Reena Mehra, MD, MS: Adherence to CPAP in OSA (<3 minutes)
CPAP Direct - How to sleep with CPAP successfully (9 minutes)
Vik Veer, MD - Can't sleep with CPAP? Watch this! (13 minutes)
(4) Referrals
The Corvallis Clinic Sleep Medicine Department - 541-754-1268