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BiPAP vs. CPAP: What’s the Difference?

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and BiPAP (bi-level) therapy are used to treat sleep apnea. CPAP is the most ...
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CPAP recall leaves truck drivers with sleep apnea between a rock and a hard place

Electronics manufacturing giant Philips is recalling millions of CPAP and BiPAP devices due to an issue that could potentially pose a health risk to users of the machines. In the wake of the recall, ...
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Recalled Sleep Apnea Machines Tied to 561 Deaths

Philips CPAP and BiPap machines that were recalled in 2021 have since been linked to deaths and thousands of malfunctions, the FDA says Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty The Food and Drug ...
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Reworked Philips CPAP, BiPAP Machines May Not Deliver Correct Therapy

Certain Philips Respironics DreamStation breathing devices, commonly used for treating sleep apnea, may deliver the incorrect prescription or no therapy at all, the FDA warned in a recall announcement ...
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Toxic Trouble: Millions of CPAP, BiPAP and ventilators recalled

It’s been just over a year since Randy Boyd was diagnosed with cancer. In July 2020, he felt a bruise on the left side of his neck and went to the doctor. A biopsy revealed it was throat cancer. “I ...
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Berger Montague Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Philips on Behalf of Consumers Who Purchased Philips’ Recalled CPAP, BiPAP, and other Sleep Apnea Machines and Ventilators

PHILADELPHIA, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The national plaintiffs’ law firm Berger Montague has filed a class action lawsuit against Dutch medical equipment company Philips to protect consumers ...
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FDA: Recalled Philips BiPAP, CPAP machines tied to more than 560 deaths

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated a recall affecting millions of Philips sleep apnea machines, now saying that they may been linked to at least 561 deaths. The agency, in a statement ...