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Article: Treatment of sleep apnoea reduces blood pressure. (news: clinical digest: a weekly round-up of the latest research and scientific reports from the nursing and medical journals).(Brief Article)
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- Nursing Standard
- Article date:
- February 26, 2003
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Effective continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea could reduce the risk of coronary events and stroke substantially. There is increasing evidence that obstructive sleep apnoea is an independent risk factor for arterial hypertension. Researchers from Germany and Australia studied the effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) on arterial hypertension in 32 people with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea.
They were randomised to receive effective or subtherapeutic nCPAP for an average of nine weeks. Nocturnal polysomnography and continuous blood pressure recordings were taken. Apnoeas and hypopnoeas were ...