Prevalence and Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Undergoing Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

In conclusion, in the population studied, the combination of OSA and COPD was frequent. BMI and ESS values commonly considered cutoff values for the prediction of OSA in the general population may not be accurate in a subgroup of patients with COPD. PMID: 30239226 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - September 23, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: COPD Source Type: research