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ArticleThe New England journal of medicine2016

Cardiovascular Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Can CPAP Therapy SAVE Lives?

Babak Mokhlesi, Najib T Ayas

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Article in The New England journal of medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and endothelial function: potential impact of different treatment strategies-meta-analysis of prospective studies.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2019
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  9. Correlation between the transverse dimension of the maxilla, upper airway obstructive site, and OSA severity.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
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  11. Use of the WatchPAT to detect occult residual sleep-disordered breathing in patients on CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020
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  13. Apneic Sleep, Insufficient Sleep, and Hypertension.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2019
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  17. PAP and Cardiovascular Events in Adults With Sleep Apnea: Is PAP Useful?Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017
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  18. Risks of Clinical Research Must Be Reasonable and Necessary.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2017
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  20. Fork Head Box Class O1 (FOXO1) Activates Bim Expression to Mediate Cardiac Apoptosis in Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Babak MokhlesiFrom the Sleep Disorders Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago (B.M.); and the Sleep Disorders Program, Respiratory and Critical Care Divisions, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (N.T.A.).
Najib T AyasFrom the Sleep Disorders Center, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago (B.M.); and the Sleep Disorders Program, Respiratory and Critical Care Divisions, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (N.T.A.).
University of Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Continuous Positive Airway PressureSleep Apnea, ObstructiveHumansPolysomnography

Identifiers

PMID27571490
OpenAlexW2514379241

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