Sleep-Related Hypoxia Tied to Higher Risk for COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Death
Researchers sought to investigate the association between sleep-disordered breathing and sleep-related hypoxia with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes.
Researchers sought to investigate the association between sleep-disordered breathing and sleep-related hypoxia with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes.
A recent Chinese study sought to identify clinical predictors of pulmonary hypertension combined with obstructive sleep apnea.
Dose-response correlation seen, with about twofold increased risk of elevated BP with apnea-hypopnea index of 5 or more.
Patients with both type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea demonstrated macrovascular endothelial dysfunction beyond the effect of either disease alone.
In patients with acute coronary syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea, treatment with continuous positive airway pressure may not prevent the recurrence of major cardiovascular events.
Treatment with noninvasive ventilation and continuous positive airway pressure provided similar improvements in pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in obesity hypoventilation syndrome and concomitant severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Considerable differences exist between men and women with respect to the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, with female gender shown to be an independent, significant predictor of prevalent cardiovascular disease.
Patients admitted to the hospital for myocardial infarction with a known diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea were found to have improved in-hospital mortality.
The interaction between obstructive sleep apnea and long sleep duration was associated with a nearly 3-fold chance of having a coronary artery calcium score of >100.
Obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk for chronic kidney disease in patients who have recovered from an episode of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.