Obstructive Sleep Apnea

HONOLULU — Young patients with obstructive sleep apnea faced heightened odds for major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events if they abused drugs, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Video clips of children could assist in screening for obstructive sleep apnea, as this method was nearly as effective in detecting OSA compared with other tools, according to two studies presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

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.

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.

A history of premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy, especially when younger than 46 years, increased the odds of arthritis, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea and bone fractures, researchers reported in Menopause.

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.