Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on the Incidence of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Events in Nonsleepy Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Barbé, Ferrán; Durán‐Cantolla, Joaquín; Sánchez‐de‐la‐Torre, Manuel; Martínez‐Alonso, Montserrat; Carmona, Carmen; Barceló, Antònia; Chiner, Eusebi; F. Masa, Juan; González, Mónica; M. Marı́n, José; García‐Río, Francisco; Diaz de Atauri, Josefa; Terán, Joaquín; Mayos, Mercedes; de la Peña, Mónica; Monasterio, Carmen; del Campo, Felix; M. Montserrat, Josep; the Spanish Sleep and Breathing Network, for

doi:10.1001/jama.2012.4366

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Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on the Incidence of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Events in Nonsleepy Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Published in JAMA • May 22, 2012

Authors:

Ferrán Barbé

Joaquín Durán‐Cantolla

Manuel Sánchez‐de‐la‐Torre

Abstract

CONTEXT: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line treatment for patients with symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, its indication for all patients with sleep-disordered breathing, regardless of daytime symptoms, is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of CPAP...

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Medicine

Continuous positive airway pressure

Obstructive sleep apnea

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