Journal
SLEEP
Volume 45, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac208
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obstructive sleep apnea; continuous positive airway pressure; nocturnal hypoxia; cardiovascular disease; obesity; hypersomnia
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The majority of current international OSA guidelines recommend CPAP treatment based on symptoms, but controversy exists for non-sleepy patients. A proposed algorithm attempts to phenotype non-sleepy OSA patients and consider clinically relevant elements before deciding on CPAP treatment. Extensive validation is needed before implementing this algorithm in clinical settings.
The majority of the current international obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) guidelines base the recommendation to treat OSA with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the presence of symptoms (principally, albeit not exclusively on daytime hypersomnolence). In nonsleepy patients, even with severe OSA, controversies remain, as clear evidence supporting CPAP treatment of this subgroup of OSA patients is lacking. However, given the nonnegligible proportion of non-sleepy OSA patients, clinicians often face a serious dilemma since CPAP treatment in these patients may prove to be not cost-effective. Here, we propose a simple three-step-based algorithm that attempts to better phenotype non-sleepy OSA patients prior to reaching a CPAP treatment decision while also considering a series of clinically relevant elements in the process that may improve with CPAP therapy. Such algorithm focuses on the presence of several OSA symptoms that are susceptible to benefit from treatment and also relies on OSA phenotypes that need to be considered in an effort to achieve optimal cardiovascular prevention. Here, we attempt to establish a framework for clinicians who are evaluating severe nonsleepy OSA patients in their practices. However, the algorithm proposal needs to be extensively validated before being systematically implemented in clinical settings.
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