Breathing aid cuts sleep apnoea risk
Wednesday December 11th, 2013
New research suggests that treatment with a device known as a CPAP machine can benefit patients with health problems caused by sleeping difficulties.
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than 70% of patients with resistant hypertension - a kind of high blood
pressure - have obstructive sleep apnoea, caused by breathing difficulties
during sleep.
Although blood pressure is one of the most treatable heart risk factors, and obstructive sleep apnoea may contribute to poor control of blood pressure, evidence is lacking on the benefits of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
This treatment involves a machine that uses continuous mild air pressure to keep the patient's airway open. It is considered the most effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea. So Dr Miguel-Angel Martinez-Garcia of the Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Spain, and colleagues set out to examine its effects.
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