Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Men with overweight or obesity and moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea receiving CPAP assigned to undergo an interdisciplinary weight loss and lifestyle intervention had improved outcomes and health-related quality of life.

High-flow nasal cannula therapy failed to meet noninferiority for time to liberation from respiratory support compared with CPAP in critically ill children receiving noninvasive respiratory support following extubation.

Among patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure, noninvasive respiratory support appears to be safe, effective and may yield better outcomes, according to an analysis published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

In a new study, the use of CPAP and high-flow nasal oxygen to treat patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 did not produce higher levels of air or surface viral contamination in the immediate environment compared with supplemental oxygen.

CPAP reduced tracheal intubation and death within 30 days, compared with conventional oxygen therapy, in adults hospitalized with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19, according to a new study.

Patients with low oxygen saturation, more severe sleep apnea and higher baseline BP achieved the greatest reductions in BP after use of continuous positive airway pressure, according to data published in Hypertension.

Patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea and no use of continuous positive airway pressure had higher rates of cardiovascular disease than patients who did use continuous positive airway pressure for any length of time.

CPAP therapy may have a protective effect on adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease and nonsleepy obstructive sleep apnea who have greater heart rate responses to sleep apnea events.

CPAP therapy may have an effect on BMI in adults with obstructive sleep apnea, especially among those with poorer adherence, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine released an update highlighting the benefits of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.