ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2021
Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Reduced Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Propensity Score-Based Analysis.
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- The role of red blood cell distribution width in prognosis prediction among critically ill patients with obstructive sleep apnea: Insights from the MIMIC-IV database.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular Complications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Intensive Care Unit and Beyond.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- In-hospital survival paradox in patients with sleep apnea-A nation-wide nested case-control study.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on the prognosis of intensive care unit (ICU) patients remains controversial. Thus, this study aimed to determine the association between OSA status and outcomes in ICU patients.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study composed of 38,177 critically ill patients from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database. Propensity score matching was used to evaluate the association between OSA and mortality in ICU adults.
resultsA total of 38,177 critically ill patients were included in this study. Among them, 1428 (3.71%) patients had OSA. Before matching, patients with OSA had a significantly lower 28-day mortality (relative risk (RR), 0.47; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.38-0.58), 90-day mortality (RR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.43-0.60), ICU mortality (RR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.31-0.54), and in-hospital mortality (RR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.36-0.57). After adjusting with propensity-score matching, the findings of reduced risk of mortality remained unchanged. The RR of 28-day mortality, 90-day mortality, ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality was 0.57 (95% CI, 0.34-0.57), 0.53 (95% CI, 0.40-0.70), 0.54 (95% CI, 0.37-0.79), and 0.55 (95% CI, 0.39-0.77), respectively.
conclusionThis study indicated that ICU patients with OSA had a significantly lower risk of mortality compared with those without OSA.
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