Treatment outcome of sleep apnea.

Abstract

Two hundred one patients diagnosed as having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were interviewed 12-24 months after their evaluation regarding those daytime symptoms associated with sleep apnea: sleepiness, fatigue, impaired memory, and snoring. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was the treatment most often used by severe sleep apnea patients, and this improved daytime alertness in 84% of the patients. Patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea often had surgery which led to 85% reporting improved daytime alertness. Patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea usually were treated with weight loss or changing sleep position and also improved 64% and 66%. Patients who declined or failed treatment did not improve. Guidelines for the treatment of sleep apnea are suggested.

• Authors: R K Watson, A S Thompson
• Journal: Connecticut medicine (Conn Med) Vol. 56 Issue 3 Pg. 125-9 (Mar 1992) ISSN: 0010-6178 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1582204 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Diet, Reducing (standards)
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Positive-Pressure Respiration (standards)
• Sleep Apnea Syndromes (diagnosis, surgery, therapy)
• Surgical Procedures, Operative (standards)
• Treatment Outcome