Guideline: ACP Recommends Weight Loss and CPAP Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

Obstructive sleep apnoea is becoming more of a common medical condition, thus leading the American College of Physicians (ACP) to draft certain guidelines on sleep apnoea treatment. People diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) should not consider surgery, according to new recommendations from the American College of Physicians (ACP). Instead, ACP recommends that patients lose weight and use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as initial therapy. The available evidence was limited on treating OSA with surgery, which is associated with serious adverse events and should not be used as initial treatment.

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/266488.php

Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.

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