Case Report

Prolonged Respiratory Illness After Single Overnight Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Humidification: Endotoxin as the Suspect

Abstract:A patient developed a prolonged respiratory illness after a single overnight use of tap water to humidify air supplied by a constant positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, which she had previously used for six years without difficulty. During those years, she used only distilled water for this purpose, as instructed…