Comparison of Positional Therapy to CPAP in Patients with Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Comparison of cardiovascular co-morbidities and CPAP use in patients with positional and non-positional mild obstructive sleep apnea

BACKGROUND This retrospective cohort study aimed to determine if there are differences in cardiovascular co-morbidities, blood pressure (BP) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use between patients with positional-dependent and nonpositional-dependent obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). METHODS Patients who were referred for overnight polysomnography for suspected OSA between 2007 and 2...

Treatment of snoring with positional therapy in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Position therapy plays a role in treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether position therapy using a head-positioning pillow (HPP) could reduce snoring sounds in patients with mild-to-moderate positional OSAS, taking into account the potential confounding effects of body weight. A total of 25 adults with positional OSAS (ap...

Title:comparison of Cardiovascular Co-morbidities and Cpap Use in Patients with Positional and Non-positional Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Comparison of cardiovascular co-morbidities and CPAP use in patients with positional and non-positional mild obstructive sleep apnea Running Title: Positional mild OSA and blood pressure

1 Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzuchi Hospital, the Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation. 2 Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung City, Taiwan. The School of Medicine, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzuchi Hospital, t...

Positional treatment vs continuous positive airway pressure in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the relative efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and positional treatment in the management of positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), using objective outcome measures. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, single blind crossover comparison of CPAP and positional treatment for 2 weeks each. SETTING A university teaching hospit...