Survival benefit of CPAP favors hypercapnic patients with the overlap syndrome.
Lung
; 192(2): 251-8, 2014 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-24452812
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with the combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), known as the "overlap syndrome," have a substantially greater risk of morbidity and mortality compared to those with either COPD or OSA alone. The study's objective was to report on the long-term outcome of hypercapnic (PaCO2 ≥ 45 mmHg) and normocapnic patients with the overlap syndrome treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).METHODS:
A nonconcurrent cohort of consecutive patients with the overlap syndrome was followed for a median duration of 71 months (range 1-100) at a VA sleep center. All patients were managed according to the prevailing recommendations of both diseases. The end point of the study was all-cause mortality.RESULTS:
Of the 271 patients identified, 104 were hypercapnic (PaCO2 = 51.6 ± 4.3 mmHg). Both normocapnic and hypercapnic patients had comparable apnea-hypopnea indexes (AHI) (29.2 ± 23.8 and 35.2 ± 29.2/h, respectively; p = 0.07) and similar adherence rates to CPAP (43 and 42 %, respectively, p = 0.9). Survival analysis revealed that hypercapnic patients who were adherent to CPAP had reduced mortality compared to nonadherent hypercapnic patients (p = 0.04). In contrast, the cumulative mortality rate for normocapnic patients was not significantly different between the adherent and the nonadherent group (p = 0.42). In multivariate analysis, the comorbidity index was the only independent predictor of mortality in normocapnic patients with the overlap syndrome [hazard ratio (HR) 1.68; p < 0.001] while CPAP adherence was associated with improved survival (HR 0.65; p = 0.04).CONCLUSIONS:
CPAP mitigates the excess risk of mortality in hypercapnic patients but not in normocapnic patients with the overlap syndrome.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño
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Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica
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Presión de las Vías Aéreas Positiva Contínua
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Hipercapnia
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lung
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos