FIG 1. SUCCESS IN REDUCING
AHI TO <5 AND <10
Appliance
#Studies Mild
# Studies Moderate
# Studies Severe
# Success AHI<5
# Success AHI<10 % Reduction AHI
TAP 0 2 4 3 3 78%
Herbst 0 3 1 0 2 51%
Somnomed
0 7 0 0 0 56%
Silencer 1 2 0 0 2 48%
Klearway
2 1 0 0 1 45%
minimum oxygen saturation
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the rest of the appliances
only improved it around 3%.
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that was equivalent to CPAP
for improvement in oxygen
saturation. Mean reduction
in ESS scores for TAP was 8.1
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