Published in:
01-02-2018 | Letter
High prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome in patients admitted to ICU for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: a preliminary study
Authors:
Arnaud W. Thille, Ana Córdoba-Izquierdo, Bernard Maitre, Laurent Boyer, Laurent Brochard, Xavier Drouot
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 2/2018
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Excerpt
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) using bi-level or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at home may improve outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apneas [
1] or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [
2]. However, numerous patients admitted to ICU for acute-on-chronic respiratory failure have never undergone sleep studies or pulmonary function tests. We decided to assess the prevalence of sleep apnea and to identify the underlying chronic lung disease among patients admitted to ICU for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure. …