The acute effect of continuous positive airway pressure titration on blood pressure in awake overweight/obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.

CONCLUSION: Short-term incremental CPAP leads to significant increases in BP and BPV in obese patients with OSA while awake. Careful titration of pressures is required to minimise the risk of nocturnal awakenings while improving BP control. PMID: 29473760 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Blood Pressure - Category: Hematology Tags: Blood Press Source Type: research