You still need more than CPAP for OSA patients to lose weight

Affiliations

¹ Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ; Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
² Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
³ Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁴ Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA.
⁵ Stanford, University, Stanford, CA.
⁶ Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA.
⁷ St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, MO.
⁸ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY.

Comment

Stuart F Quan et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 15;10(3):349.

doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3552.

¹ Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ; Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
² Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
³ Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁴ Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA.
⁵ Stanford, University, Stanford, CA.
⁶ Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA.
⁷ St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, MO.
⁸ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY.

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Impact of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on weight in obstructive sleep apnea.
Quan SF, Budhiraja R, Clarke DP, Goodwin JL, Gottlieb DJ, Nichols DA, Simon RD, Smith TW, Walsh JK, Kushida CA. Quan SF, et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013 Oct 15;9(10):989-93. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3064. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013. PMID: 24127141 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Weight gain with CPAP: a complication of treatment?
Mysliwiec V, O'Reilly B, Roth BJ. Mysliwiec V, et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Mar 15;10(3):347. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3550. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014. PMID: 24634637 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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