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. 2010 Sep-Oct;17(5):213–218. doi: 10.1155/2010/918095

TABLE 3.

Length of hospital stay (days) for adult patients coded with a discharge diagnosis that included obstructive sleep apnea and according to the receipt of CPAP/BiPAP therapy: CIHI-DAD, fiscal year 2006/2007

CPAP/BiPAP
Therapy No therapy
Mean ± SD 15.48±28.7 9.83 ±18.7
Median 8 4
First quartile 2 4
Third quartile 16 10

BiPAP Bilevel positive airway pressure; CIHI-DAD Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database; CPAP Continuous positive airway pressure