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Sleep Apnea is not on the death certificate No financial disclosures or conflicts of interest Richard Marcus M.D.

Often misdiagnosed as COPD

and BMI, depression, HTN, diabetes, CVD, stroke, reaction times, and cognition!

LINK: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994098/pdf/nihms232172.pdf REFERENCE: Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab . 2010 October 1; 24(5): 703 – 715. Authors: Sushmita Pamidi, MD , Renee S. Aronsohn, MD , and Esra Tasali, MD

SUMMARY High prevalence of OSA in : Diabetes Stroke CVD HTN CHF Arrhythmias Pulmonary HTN Now RCTs showing that with CPAP compliance of > 6 hours, With coverage through Rem sleep, You can improve all these clinical measures and reduce long term morbidity and mortality