Dec01
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
Keeping medical equipment clean, disinfected, and smelling fresh is easier than ever! Some people use Control III to clean household surfaces, such as food prep tops, sinks, bathroom sinks and tubs, and more! Getting a 20 percent discount off the regular price always helps, too, especially in the rough economic times we’re facing.
Control III has been on the market since 1974, and since that time, it has come to be used in homecare and hospitals to control a wide spectrum of bacterial, viral and fungal diseases on surfaces. That same level of protection is now available for use on CPAP or BiPAP equipment in the home. It can be used to clean and disinfect nebulizers, masks, ventilators, CPAP or BiPAP tubing, humidification chambers, and more!
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Apnea, Breathing, COPD, Health, healthcare and sleep hygiene
Aug26
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
Despite many people undergoing various types of weight loss surgery — many in hopes of getting rid of their xPAP device, where a CPAP, bi-level, auto-adjusting, or other type of positive airway pressure device — new research shows it may not be the remedy.
A study published in the August 15, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA one year after undergoing bariatric surgery. Results of this study suggest that it is the severity of the condition, rather than a patient’s pre-surgical weight, that determines if obstructive sleep apnea will be resolved.
Results show that bariatric surgery reduced body mass index (BMI) from an average of 51 to 32 in 24 adults with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Jun17
Dave J. (Scoop0901)
The overlap syndrome: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea.
Two doctors, D. Hiestand and B. Phillips, working in the division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, say that clinical trials focused on sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are "urgently needed."
The duo says COPD and sleep apnea form what’s called an overlap syndrome and that overlap defines the relationship between the two serious respiratory disorders.
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