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SUBMITTER: Pengo MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5803058 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of thoracic disease 20180101 Suppl 1
The treatment of choice for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP). Since its introduction in clinical practice, CPAP has been used in various clinical conditions with variable and heterogeneous outcomes. In addition to the well-known effects on the upper airway CPAP impacts on intrathoracic pressures, haemodynamics and blood pressure (BP) control. However, short- and long-term effects of CPAP therapy depend on multiple variables which include sympto ...[more]