Phenotyping Using Polysomnography Attributes Reduced Respiratory Events after Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy to Improved Upper Airway Collapsibility.

doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202402-171OC

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Phenotyping Using Polysomnography Attributes Reduced Respiratory Events after Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy to Improved Upper Airway Collapsibility.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 1 Mar 2025

Tolbert Thomas M, Parekh Ankit, Rapoport David M, Ayappa Indu

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Rationale: In patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) measured off CPAP may be decreased relative to baseline AHI preceding CPAP treatment. Semiinvasive "endophenotyping" sleep studies attribute this fall...

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Humans
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Polysomnography
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Female
Male
Phenotype
Middle Aged
Adult

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