A Sleepy Man with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Obstructive Sleep Apnea Overlap Syndrome
- Author:
Ki Hwan JI
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: COPD; Sleep apnea; Overlap syndrome
- MeSH: Comorbidity; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Humans; Oxygen; Prognosis; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- From:Journal of Sleep Medicine 2017;14(2):81-83
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are prevalent and commonly co-occur as overlap syndrome. Patients with an overlap syndrome have a worse prognosis than those with COPD or OSA alone. Here we report a middle-aged man with overlap syndrome who had multiple comorbidities, managed with continuous positive airway pressure and oxygen therapy.
