Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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.

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.

Severe obstructive sleep apnea is a significant predictor of an increase in amyloid beta plaques and may accelerate Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis, according to a study published in SLEEP.

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.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea could have an increased risk for adverse COVID-19 outcomes, according to a systematic review published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Noninvasive ventilation and lifestyle modification yielded similar long-term hospitalization rates in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome, researchers reported at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Not only is obstructive sleep apnea an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes — with stronger associations as apnea severity increases — but diabetes is a risk factor for sleep apnea, according to results of a meta-analysis.

Primary care physicians’ and sleep specialists’ adherence to recommendations for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea was “fair with low failure rates,” according to researchers.