According to this article, AHRQ: Studies Fail to Show Long-Term Benefit for CPAP - Sleep apnea specialists dumbfounded at critique of "gold standard" treatment:
"The big fear that I have, and many of my colleagues have, is that the way this report is worded could easily be misinterpreted as saying that prescribing CPAP doesn't improve these (long-term) outcomes, so we shouldn't be paying for it," said David Rapoport, MD, who directs the sleep medicine research program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
He said CPAP is widely recognized as the most effective treatment for improving OSA symptoms, such as snoring and daytime sleepiness.
"Nothing else even comes close," he said. "CPAP s really a remarkable treatment for addressing the breathing disorder associated with obstructive sleep apnea. But it has to be used, and compliance remains a big issue."
Read the full source article: AHRQ: Studies Fail to Show Long-Term Benefit for CPAP - MedPage Today
Additional resources cited in the article:
- Draft Technology Assessment - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (PDF)
- Recognition and Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Older Americans - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
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