What does APAP stand for?
APAP stands for Automatic Positive Airway Pressure. This definition is less than stellar and due to this, many variants of the definition have sprung up including: • Auto Adjusting CPAP • Auto Titrating CPAP • Self Adjusting CPAP • Auto PAP • Automatic CPAP • Auto • SmartPAP Whatever they’re called, these machines automatically adjust, on a breath by breath basis, to blow the minimum pressure needed to keep your airway open during sleep. This allows your machine to provide you with your ideal pressure over the entire night. APAPs tend to have more feature options and to be more expensive than CPAP machines.
