Sleep breathing disorder frequency, risk factors, and treatment among adults with cystic fibrosis

Our understanding of the prevalence and clinical importance of sleep breathing disorders among adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) is limited. Many published studies on the topic of sleep breathing disorders in adults with CF are historic (dating to the late 1990s-early 2000s [1 –6]) and used small sample sizes (usually ∼10–30 individuals per study [1–7]). While obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is recognized to frequently occur in children with CF [8,9] (likely as a result of high prevalence of chronic sinonasal disease and tonsillar hypertrophy [10]), in contrast, OSA has been reported to be of very low prevalence [3,7,11], or even absent [4–6,12], among adults with CF.
Source: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research