Description:

This will be a case-based interactive panel discussion that will cover several common, but controversial, diagnostic and treatment decisions related to the management of sleep-disordered breathing. Topics that will be covered include:

• Should we be treating patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea?

• Managing nonsleepy patients with obstructive sleep apnea: Does it make a difference?

• Cardiovascular outcomes and OSA treatment: What are realistic expectations?

• Should we be treating central sleep apnea?

• What is the role of nocturnal ventilation in patients with COPD?

Learning Objectives:

• Determine which obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes are most likely to benefit from therapy.

• Understand outcomes associated with the diagnosis and treatment of central sleep apnea.

• Define which patients with COPD may benefit from nocturnal noninvasive ventilation.