The acute effect of continuous positive airway pressure titration on blood pressure in awake overweight/obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

Objectives: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improves upper airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), who often are overweight-obese. Although it is thought that CPAP improves long-term blood pressure control (BP), the impact of acute and short-term CPAP use on the cardiovascular system in obese patients has not been described in detail.Methods: Obese patients (body mass index, BMI > 25 kg/m2) with OSA were...