Sleep Disorders

Review Article

Mathematical Equations to Predict Positive Airway Pressures for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Quality assessment of the included studies checklist from questions from National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 1–8: (1) Is case series collected in more than one center? (2) Is the hypothesis/aim/objective of the study clearly described? (3) Are the inclusion and exclusion criteria clearly reported? (4) Is there a clear definition of the outcomes reported? (5) Were data collected prospectively? (6) Is there an explicit statement that patients were recruited consecutively? (7) Are the main findings of the study clearly described? (8) Are outcomes stratified? Abbreviations: ABS = abstract; NA = not applicable (abstract); PCS = prospective case series; RCS = retrospective case series.
Authors Study type Study design YearLocationQuality assessment of included studies
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Lai et al. [56]RCSDevelopment2015TaiwanNoYesNoYesNoNoYesYes
Ito et al. [66]RCSDevelopment2014JapanNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYes
Wu et al. [57]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2014TaiwanNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Luo et al. [35]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2013ChinaNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
Lee et al. [31]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2013KoreaNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
Basoglu and Tasbakan [15]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2012TurkeyNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
Tofts et al. [58]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2012USANANANANANANANANA
Schiza et al. [44]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2011GreeceNoYesYesYesNoNoYesNo
Anees [63]PCSValidation2010USANANANANANANANANA
Choi et al. [19]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2010KoreaNoYesNoYesNoYesYesYes
Akahoshi et al. [13]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2009JapanNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Chuang et al. [20]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2008TaiwanNoYesNoYesYesNoYesNo
El Solh et al. [59]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2007USANoYesNoYesNoYesYesYes
Loredo et al. [34]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2007USANoYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
Skomro et al. [47]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2007CanadaNoYesYesYesNoNoYesNo
Torre-Bouscoulet et al. [50, 51]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2007
2009		MexicoNoYesYesNoNoNoYesNo
Panagou et al. [64]ABSDevelopment2005GreeceNANANANANANANANA
Rowley et al. [43]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2005USANoYesNoYesNoNoYesYes
Stradling et al. [48, 49]RCSDevelopment
Validation		2004BritainNoYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
Lin et al. [32]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2003TaiwanNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Akashiba et al. [14]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2001JapanNoYesNoYesYesNoYesNo
Sériès [45]PCSDevelopment
Validation		2000CanadaNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Nahmias et al. [65]ABSDevelopment1995USANANANANANANANANA
Teschler et al. [60]PCSDevelopment
Validation		1995GermanyNoYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
Hoheisel and Teschler [61]ABSDevelopment1994GermanyNANANANANANANANA
Miljeteig and Hoffstein [38]PCSDevelopment
Validation		1993CanadaNoYesNoYesYesNoYesYes