Sleep Disorders News

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read pulmonology news published in November.

The Healio editors have compiled a list of the most-read news from the virtual CHEST Annual 2020 Meeting.

Patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke and obstructive sleep apnea have lower in-hospital mortality compared with those without obstructive sleep apnea, but higher odds of comorbidities, researchers reported.

Previously undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea in patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure was associated with increased costs and readmissions at 3 and 6 months compared with patients without sleep-disordered breathing, researchers reported.

Sleep could have a significant effect on CV health and long-term CV outcomes, and factors such as obstructive sleep apnea and sleep duration may warrant consideration among patients with hypertension, a speaker reported.

The offspring of women who used modafinil or armodafinil during pregnancy had a higher risk of major congenital malformations than the general population, data show.

Five-year data show sustained safety and efficacy outcomes after implantation of a transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation device in adults with moderate to severe central sleep apnea.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP while in-hospital for surgical aortic valve replacement required less mechanical ventilation and had shorter hospital stays compared with those who did not receive in-hospital CPAP.

Multilevel upper airway surgery reduced the number of apnea and hypopnea events and patient-reported sleepiness at 6 months compared with medical management in adults with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Central sleep apnea was common in patients with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy and may improve with cardiac resynchronization therapy compared with right ventricular pacing, researchers found in the UPGRADE trial.