Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Over time, adults with severe obstructive sleep apnea had more high attenuation areas on CT and lower lung function, which may signal early interstitial lung disease, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Sleep breathing sounds recorded via smartphone yielded a “quite good” prediction of obstructive sleep apnea, according to study results published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Allergists can screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who have heart failure, are of older age or use an oronasal CPAP mask faced an increased risk for high residual apnea-hypopnea index variability, according to results published in CHEST.

Cardiovascular disease often occurs among patients with both COPD and obstructive sleep apnea, but there are little data evaluating how the overlap impacts disease severity, according to a presentation at the 2023 GOLD COPD conference.

Patients who reported lower levels of sleepiness after 1 month of positive airway pressure therapy showed high compliance at day 90 and adherence at day 360, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

At this year’s CHEST Meeting in Honolulu, doctors from all over the world presented research on various respiratory diseases and conditions and gave talks on important topics in pulmonology.

CPAP use for 6 months reduced telomere shortening, or cellular aging, in men with obstructive sleep apnea compared with no CPAP use, according to study results presented at SLEEP 2023.

HONOLULU — Apnea-hypopnea index, transpalatal width and airway volume all improved with use of an oral appliance in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea, according to research presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Women often have different presentations and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea compared with men and are offered treatment less often, according to a speaker at the CHEST Annual Meeting.