CPAP Treatment and Cardiovascular Prevention: An Alternate Study Design That Includes Excessively Sleepy Patients

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pulmonary Physiology & Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia; School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia. Electronic address: Bhajan.Singh@health.wa.gov.au.
• ² Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
• ³ Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
• ⁴ Department of Pulmonary Physiology & Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia; School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
• ⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.