Non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnoea: to treat or not to treat?. (23rd December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Altintas, Nejat; Riha, Renata L.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory review. Volume 28:Number 154(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-12-23
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Treatment; Electronic journals; Periodical; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0031-2019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0905-9180

Abstract

Non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is thought to have a prevalence of around 20–25% in industrialised countries. However, the question of whether it should be routinely treated or not is controversial. This review collates the results from recent randomised controlled trials addressing OSA and examines whether treating the condition leads to improvements in quality of life and reduced cardiometabolic dysfunction, comorbidities generally attributed to untreated obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. Non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnoea: to treat or not to treat? http://bit.ly/2GaB7xp