Results of the implementation of a specialized office for treatment and monitoring of sleep apnea syndrome

Objectives: Launch a nursing office at the Hospital to provide facilities for CPAP treatments in order to verify compliance, aimed at long-term non-compliant patients and to respond to patients' concerns. Material and methods: We conducted a descriptive study with 1,095 patients. During 2014 data were collected from newly and previously admitted patients, especially those who did not achieve compliance of 4 hours/night. All patients were reminded what OSA was, its pathophysiology, characteristics CPAP machine, its benefits and the maintenance of equipment. New patients (AHI ≥5 with symptoms) were scheduled for a…