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Have moderate sleep apnea w/severe o2 loss. will treat w/cpap & oxygen. in future is it possible oxygen can be withdrawn & cpap alone be adequate?
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Sleep Study: Your Sleep specialist will order a series of sleep studies. Your blood oxygen will determine what treatment you need.
Answered 1/20/2016
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Sometimes: Depends on whether patients have underlying lung disease and whether oxygen is also needed during the day as well. I have seen those that stay on oxygen and those that end up only on cpap over time.
Answered 4/22/2016
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