阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停治疗降低老年人跌倒风险的有效性:临床试验研究协议

Kelly Sansom1, Rajani Khanal2, Kimberley S van Schooten3

  • 1Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Sleep Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Sleep medicine
|November 14, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究调查了持续的正气道压力 (CPAP) 治疗是否可以降低患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的老年人中跌倒风险. 调查结果将为这一易受伤害的群体制定防摔策略.

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