A retrospective cohort study examined data on 54,224 OSA patients, the vast majority of whom had CPAP during an 8-year period. Soft tissue surgery was associated with a lower incidence of ...
"Obstructive sleep apnea affects 40 million adults in the United States and is associated with an increased complication risk among patients undergoing surgery," said Stavros Memtsoudis, MD, PhD, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients recovering from heart surgery may benefit from a treatment used commonly for sleep-disordered breathing called CPAP therapy, a new study suggests. CPAP, which ...
Adults who struggle with CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be considered candidates for reconstructive surgery on the upper airway, because it holds the same quality-of-life (QOL ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP while in-hospital for surgical aortic valve replacement ...
Squadrone V, Coha M, Cerutti E, Schellino MM, Biolino P, Occella P, et al. Continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of postoperative hypoxemia. A randomized controlled trial. JAMA ...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a study conducted at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), researchers found that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who used continuous positive ...