“Does CPAP lower blood pressure” is one of the most common questions an OSA patient asks after a fresh diagnosis, and the honest answer requires distinguishing average effect from individual response, and distinguishing CPAP used adequately from CPAP used nominally. The published meta-analyses converge on a modest average blood-pressure reduction of roughly 2–3 mmHg systolic. The tails
A patient with a OSA vs CSA, PSG showing AHI 28 is told “you have sleep apnea” and is prescribed CPAP. The prescription may be correct. It may also be wrong — fatal-level wrong in rare cases — if the events were predominantly central, or if they convert to central on CPAP initiation. The difference between
“Leak” is printed on the CPAP report in red if it crosses a threshold and in a calm colour if it doesn’t. What the report doesn’t tell the patient — or the dealer who just handed over the machine — is that the number is a composite of three very different phenomena, CPAP leak types and
Stroke and sleep apnea have a two-way relationship that clinicians have understood for two decades but Indian practice is still catching up to. Untreated obstructive CPAP for stroke recovery patients sleep apnea is an independent risk factor for ischaemic stroke, and stroke itself — particularly when it affects the brainstem, insular cortex, or upper airway motor control
Most oxygen concentrator warranties in the Indian market look clean on paper: two years on parts, three years on compressor, free service visits during the warranty period, authorised-service-network coverage city-wide. The disputes that recur across brands are not about the warranty language. They are about which failure mode the warranty language excludes, which piece