@article {de la Torre Carazop2191, author = {Salvador de la Torre Carazo and Rodrigo Alonso Moralejo and Antolina Gόmez Lόpez and Beatriz Arias Arcos and Mar{\'\i}a Josefa D{\'\i}az de Atauri and Άngel Lόpez Encuentra and Trinidad D{\'\i}az Cambriles and Jes{\'u}s Mu{\~n}oz Men{\'e}ndez}, title = {Clinical characteristics in octogenarian patients with sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome}, volume = {38}, number = {Suppl 55}, elocation-id = {p2191}, year = {2011}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of patients of 80 years old or older at the moment of the study, evaluated in a Sleep Disorders Unit (SDU).Methods: Transversal descriptive study in a 10 year period (2000-2010). All patients 80 years old or older at the moment of sleep study were included. SAHS was considered when AHI >= 10 and classified as severe if AHI >= 30.Results: 144 (1.8\%) out of 7989 patients studied in our SDU were >=80 years old at the moment of the sleep study. No differences of gender were observed. The patients{\textquoteright} characteristics expressed by mean {\textpm} standard deviation were: Age 82{\textpm}1.7; BMI 33{\textpm}4.3; neck circumference 41{\textpm}9; Epworth 12.52{\textpm}5.3. Snoring occur in 96\%, witnessed apneas in 60\%, nocturia in 93\% and morning headaches in 47\%. Principal comorbidities were hypertension 79\%; dyslipidemia 29\%; diabetes 32\%; ischemic cardiovascular disease 15\%; cerebrovascular disease 14\%; arrhythmias 25\%; 2\% were active smokers and 3\% had alcohol addiction. One or more comorbidities were observed in 127 patients (90.7\%). Sleep studies consisted of: 65 polysomnographies (45\%) and 79 polygraphies (55\%) and the results, expressed in mean {\textpm} standard deviation, were: AHI 55.8{\textpm}18.3; CT90 43{\textpm}33.5 and ODI 42.8{\textpm}22.8. SAHS was diagnosed in 135 patients (94\%) and was severe in 95 (66\%). Conservative treatment was prescribed to 52 patients (36\%), while in 90 patients (62\%) were prescribed CPAP and 2 patients (2\%) non invasive ventilation.Conclusion: Octogenarians represent only a small percentage of the population derived to our SDU. Most of them were symptomatic, had comorbidities and SAHS and, in more than a half of them, it was severe, being prescribed CPAP.}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2191}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }