Mortality risk in COPD and Sleep Apnoea reduced by CPAP

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

sleepingContinuous Positive Pressure Therapy (CPAP) greatly reduces the mortality rate for people with obstructive sleep apnoea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to a new study. According to lead author, Michael L. Stanchina of the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, CPAP has time and again been shown to control risk factors in the overlap syndrome patients. 

The study identified 3,396 patients who have COPD or OSA over the period between 2007 and 2010. Among this number were 227 overlap syndrome patients who had both OSA and COPD. They were treated with CPAP therapy. From the results obtained, CPAP therapy was an independent predictor of mortality. Compliance and increased nightly hours of CPAP therapy lowered risk of death significantly.

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