CPAP therapy in patients with mild OSA: implementation and treatment outcome.

Objectives: To determine continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment compliance and reversal of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with mild OSA.Background: CPAP therapy is the most widely accepted and used intervention in patients with a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are, however, no widely accepted protocols to help guide the rational use of CPAP therapy. Patients with mild OSA (respiratory event index (REI) >5 or