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Article: CPAP lowers blood pressure in patients with sleep apnea.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(continuous positive airway pressure)(Disease/Disorder overview)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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SAN DIEGO -- Two weeks of continuous positive airway pressure significantly reduced the blood pressure of hypertensive obstructive sleep apnea patients in a small randomized controlled trial presented in a poster at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society.
Dr. Daniel Norman reported that nighttime systolic, mean arterial, and diastolic blood pressure decreased by 6 mm Hg, 5 mm Hg, and 4 mm Hg, respectively, in 18 patients on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
Daytime mean arterial pressure (MAP) and diastolic blood pressure each declined by 3 mm Hg as well. Though the difference was not statistically significant, daytime ...