Long-term use of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in coronary artery disease patients with nonsleepy obstructive sleep apnea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive daytime sleepiness is a frequent symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and has been proposed as a motivator for adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. However, excessive daytime sleepiness is absent in many patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and concomitant OSA. We evaluated long-term use of CPAP and predictors of CPAP use in nonsleepy and sleepy OSA patients from a CAD cohort.

Hypothesis

Long-term CPAP use is lower in CAD patients with nonsleepy OSA vs sleepy OSA.

Methods

Nonsleepy (Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS] score < 10) OSA patients randomized to CPAP (n = 122) and sleepy (ESS ≥10) OSA patients offered CPAP (n = 155) in the RICCADSA trial in Sweden were included in this substudy. The median follow-up was

SUBMITTER: Luyster FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490397 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature