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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2019; 12(02): 110-115
DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20190068
REVIEW

Repercussion of medium and long treatment period with continuous positive airways pressure therapy in heart rate variability of obstructive sleep apnea

Fernanda Jesus Correia
1   Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Departamento de Saúde I - Jequié - Bahia - Brazil.
,
Luiz Eduardo Barreto Martins
2   Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Ciências do Esporte - Campinas - São Paulo - Brazil.
,
Daniel Matos Barreto
3   Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências Naturais - Vitória da Conquista - Bahia - Brazil.
,
Karla Rocha Pithon
1   Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Departamento de Saúde I - Jequié - Bahia - Brazil.
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Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a respiratory sleep disorder. Many of these patients also exhibit autonomic alterations which can be observed through heart rate variability (HRV). Currently, one of the treatments for apnea is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

Objective To observe OSA patients treated with CPAP exhibit HRV changes at medium and long treatment period.

Methods This is an integrative literature review conducted in May of 2018. The databases used for this research were PubMed, Scopus, Scielo and Pedro, the keywords used were “heart rate variability”, “obstructive sleep apnea” and “CPAP”. In this review was included original, published, randomized and non-randomized articles, released in the English language, before and up to April 2018, which specified the effects of CPAP therapy in autonomic dysfunction through the analysis of the HRV of patients diagnosed with OSA after at least one month of therapy.

Results The research of the literature produced 113 articles. After excluding duplicates and applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 8 articles were selected for this review.

Conclusion It was concluded that CPAP therapy is related to change in heart rate variability in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Heart Rate - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Autonomic Nervous System


Publication History

Received: 30 July 2018

Accepted: 11 April 2019

Article published online:
31 October 2023

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