Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on nasal and pharyngeal symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea*
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*Study carried out in the Sleep Laboratory of the Department of Pulmonology, Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas, Faculade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – FMUSP Correspondence to: Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho. Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44 – Laboratório do Sono – 70 andar – Bloco 1 – 05403-000 – São Paulo – S.P. Submitted: 22 September 2003. Accepted, after review: 18 August 2004. Background: Nasal and pharyngeal symptoms are common in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, these symptoms are common in OSA patients even before the treatment.
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