Sleep Apnea

Researchers reported that sleep apnea is often undiagnosed in patients with atrial fibrillation despite its prevalence in this patient population. It was the top story in cardiology last week.

Despite its prevalence in patients with atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea is often undiagnosed in this patient population, researchers found.

Adults with increased levels of physical activity, including vigorous-intensity exercise and walking, had a lower risk for obstructive sleep apnea, according to a cross-sectional study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Although study results showed severe obstructive sleep apnea was associated with increased risk for incident chronic kidney disease, the risk was attenuated and no longer statistically significant after adjusting for obesity.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the top-read articles of June 2020.

Patients with moderate to severe COPD traveling to high altitude experienced improvements in hypoxemia, breathing disturbances and other adverse health effects with nocturnal oxygen therapy, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Three months of CPAP treatment improved the quality of life of patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea, according to results of the MERGE randomized controlled trial.

Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is a dangerous, chronic disease that involves the repeated collapse of the upper airway during sleep. A report commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimates that OSA affects nearly 30 million American adults, with an estimated 23.5 million of them currently undiagnosed. Untreated OSA has been linked to an increased risk for numerous health problems, and it is extremely common in people who have CVD.

After conducting qualitative interviews with patients on hemodialysis and newly diagnosed sleep apnea, researchers from South Wales, Australia, found many patients experienced disturbed and unrefreshed sleep.

ATLANTA – Researchers found that the incidence of dry eye disease was higher in patients using continuous positive airway pressure or nasal mask therapy devices compared with the incidence in the general U.S. population, according to a poster presented here at SECO.