Sleep Disorders News

HONOLULU — Although shift work can lead to fragmented sleep and have circadian consequences, countermeasures can help overcome these negative effects and promote healthy sleep, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — A new questionnaire, developed to predict obstructive sleep apnea in high-risk pregnancy, outperformed other diagnostic tools, according to a study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Managing sleep adequately is important for health care workers, as a lack of it can lead to burnout, fatigue and potentially dangerous mistakes, according to a speaker at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

The FDA asked for more testing regarding the recall of certain Philips Respironics ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure machines and continuous positive airway pressure machines, according to an update from the agency.

Women who reported sleep difficulties or sleeping less than 6 hours per day were more likely to develop hypertension compared with women who slept 7 to 8 hours, with shift work not affecting the association, researchers reported.

Good adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy may reduce risk for major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in secondary prevention of CVD in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.

In patients with obstructive sleep apnea and poor CPAP adherence, domiciliary transcutaneous electrical stimulation for 3 months improved disease severity compared with CPAP, according to results published in eClinicalMedicine.

With advancements in artificial intelligence and patient-monitoring technology, properly diagnosing individuals who report wheezing, snoring, coughing or crackles is expected to get easier, according to a review published in CHEST.

The risk for death and hospitalizations due to cardiovascular disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnea decreased with use of CPAP, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

The likelihood for nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux, wheeze and cough declined with use of positive airway pressure for 2 years in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results published in ERJ Open Research.