Publications by authors named "Francisco De la Vega-Gallardo"
Study Objectives: The aims of this study were to analyze mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) treated with positive airway pressure (PAP) and to know whether PAP compliance affects survival, as well as to investigate the prognostic value of several pretreatment variables.
Design And Patients: A study was made of an historical cohort of 871 patients in whom OSAHS had been diagnosed by sleep study between January 1994 and December 2000 and who had been treated with PAP. Patients were followed up until December 2001.