Does CPAP lower blood pressure: what the meta-analyses actually show

Does CPAP lower blood pressure: what the meta-analyses actually show

“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

CPAP and PAP therapy in heart failure: what to use and what to avoid

CPAP and PAP therapy in heart failure: what to use and what to avoid

Roughly half of HFrEF patients, screened by polysomnography, have clinically significant sleep-disordered breathing. The phenotype is usually mixed: Heart failure and sleep-disordered breathing share a bidirectional relationship with meaningful prescribing consequences. A patient with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF, LVEF ≤ 45%) is likely to CPAP therapy for heart failure exhibit some combination