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CPAP treatment improves outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: CHEST
USA: Routine CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) helps in shorter hospital stays and less requirement of mechanical ventilation, according to a recent study. However, the risk for in-hospital mortality was almost the same in both groups (those who received in-hospital CPAP and those who did not). The study findings were presented...
Key findings of the study include:
- Those with OSA were found to be older (66.90 years vs 66.31 years), predominantly male (76.69% vs 65.23), and white (81.83% vs 77.13%).
- Patients with OSA were also more likely to have a Charlson comorbidity index score ≥3 (37.96% vs 30.06%), Medicare insurance (62.84% vs 60.29%), an income of $43,000-53,999 per year (27.7% vs 25%), and higher BMI.
- The use of CPAP in patients with OSA was associated with lower risk for endotracheal intubation and need for mechanical ventilation longer than 96 hours.
- Use of CPAP was also associated with shorter LOS (-1.78 day), and lower hospitalization charges (-$30,534%) and hospitalization costs (-$5,567).
- The use of CPAP during admission was not associated with changes in inpatient mortality.
Our findings reveal that the routine CPAP use in patients with OSA undergoing SAVR is associated with decreased need for endotracheal intubation, duration of mechanical ventilation, hospital LOS and total hospitalization charges and costs. There was no difference in mortality during the index admission," concluded the authors.
The study, "The Effect of CPAP on In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients with OSA Undergoing SAVR," is published in the Chest journal.
DOI: https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(20)34163-5/fulltext
MSc. Biotechnology
Medha Baranwal joined Medical Dialogues as an Editor in 2018 for Speciality Medical Dialogues. She covers several medical specialties including Cardiac Sciences, Dentistry, Diabetes and Endo, Diagnostics, ENT, Gastroenterology, Neurosciences, and Radiology. She has completed her Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences from DU and then pursued Masters in Biotechnology from Amity University. She has a working experience of 5 years in the field of medical research writing, scientific writing, content writing, and content management. She can be contacted at  editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751