Under what circumstances would you consider treating obstructive sleep apnea in an older adult who has few or no daytime symptoms?
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Geriatric Medicine · Yale University
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I always treat OSA if severe with respect to the level of hypoxemia or of fragmentation of sleep (which can be approximated by the AHI). Even if there are no symptoms of daytime sleepiness, I would treat it if there are nighttime symptoms (e.g., middle-of-the-night insomnia, nocturia, or waking too ...
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