Sunday, May 15, 2011

Good Reason to wear your CPAP!

Mortality of sleep apnea in elderly improves with CPAP use

Of course, probably the best thing is to put the disease into remission.

This would be a great study for the very elderly with gastric plication... We are certainly reluctant to do anything with patients over the age of 75 - will try to get more information on these issues at the upcoming ASMBS (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) meeting.

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