CPAP leak types — intentional, mask leak, mouth leak, and how to diagnose each

CPAP leak types — intentional, mask leak, mouth leak, and how to diagnose each

“Leak” is printed on the CPAP report in red if it crosses a threshold and in a calm colour if it doesn’t. What the report doesn’t tell the patient — or the dealer who just handed over the machine — is that the number is a composite of three very different phenomena, CPAP leak types and

CPAP adherence: the 4-hour threshold, what drives it, and Indian reality

CPAP adherence: the 4-hour threshold, what drives it, and Indian reality

Every CPAP user eventually encounters the number: 4 hours a night, on at least 70% of nights, over a rolling 30-day window. That is the compliance threshold used by insurance schemes internationally, by sleep-medicine quality registries, and — where follow-up happens at all — by clinicians assessing whether to continue, modify, or discontinue CPAP therapy.