Outcomes of positive airway pressure for sleep apnea

S Javaheri, F Campos-Rodriguez - JAMA, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor The systematic review and meta-analysis by Dr Yu and colleagues1 examined
associations of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy with cardiovascular events and death …

Adherence to CPAP Treatment

TE Finucane - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor In a recent meta-analysis, Sánchez-de-la-Torre and colleagues1 found that
“adherence to CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] was associated with a reduced …

Adherence to CPAP Treatment—Reply

M Sánchez-de-la-Torre, ID Benitez, F Barbé - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor In a recent meta-analysis, Sánchez-de-la-Torre and colleagues1 found that
“adherence to CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure] was associated with a reduced …

Benefits of Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea—Reply

DJ Gottlieb, NM Punjabi - JAMA, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor Drs Gottlieb and Punjabi, in their Review on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), 1
stated that “current evidence suggests that treatment does not reduce the risk of …

CPAP treatment and cardiovascular prevention: an alternate study design that includes excessively sleepy patients

B Singh, G Maislin, BT Keenan, N McArdle… - Chest, 2020 - journal.chestnet.org
To the Editor: In the September 2019 edition of CHEST, Javaheri et al 1 proposed changes
to the design of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exploring the relation between CPAP …

Does obstructive sleep apnea treatment reduce cardiovascular risk?: it is far too soon to say

DJ Gottlieb - JAMA, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
The association of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with vascular disease and mortality was
reported in clinical case series almost 3 decades ago and has since been confirmed in …

Is untreated sleep apnea a contributing factor for chronic hypertension?

CW Zwillich - JAMA, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Clifford W. Zwillich, MD OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IS THE INTERMITTENT interruption
of airflow through the nose and mouth that occurs during sleep and is considered present …

[PDF][PDF] CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea

AX Freire - Sleep Breath, 2016 - researchgate.net
To the Editor: The results of the Sleep Apnea Cardiovascular Endpoints (SAVE) study
reported by McEvoy et al.(Sept. 8 issue) 1 provide the opportunity to reflect on the story of …

Who should get treated for sleep apnea?

AI Pack, G Maislin - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2001 - acpjournals.org
Barbé and colleagues' findings on the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure in
patients with sleep apnea but no daytime sleepiness, reported in this issue, raise three …

Filling in the pieces of the sleep apnea–hypertension puzzle

VK Kapur, EM Weaver - JAMA, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) IS A COMMON BUT underdiagnosed disorder that is
associated with excessive sleepiness, poor quality of life, neurocognitive deficits, metabolic …