Recognition and Treatment of Sleep-disordered Breathing in Obese African American Hospitalized Patients may Improve Outcome.
CONCLUSION: This large database of hospitalized patients confirms a high prevalence and lower adherence to PAP therapy in African Americans. Adherent patients, however, showed mortality benefit similar to Caucasians.
PMID: 30314827 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research
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