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- Treatment: CPAP
Indications for testing: BMI >30 with
- Suspected/known OSA (especially if severe - apnea hypopnea index >60 events/hour)
- Unexplained awake SpO2 <94% in room air or overnight nadir saturation <80%
- Unexplained dyspnea on exertion
- Symptoms of pulmonary hypertension or right sided heart failure (elevated JVP, hepatomegaly, pedal edema)
- Facial plethora
- Raised bicarbonate on venous blood sampling

- Also reveals obstructive sleep apnea (apneic events); less invasive than an ABG
- Gold Standard: polysomnography with continuous nocturnal carbon dioxide monitoring- Treatment: CPAP
Indications for testing: BMI >30 with
- Suspected/known OSA (especially if severe - apnea hypopnea index >60 events/hour)
- Unexplained awake SpO2 <94% in room air or overnight nadir saturation <80%
- Unexplained dyspnea on exertion
- Symptoms of pulmonary hypertension or right sided heart failure (elevated JVP, hepatomegaly, pedal edema)
- Facial plethora
- Raised bicarbonate on venous blood sampling

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