• Chest · Jan 2020

    Case Reports

    A 38-Year-Old Man With Well Treated OSA on CPAP With Persistent Nocturnal Hypoxemia.

    • David J Culpepper, Deborah Hong, Armand Ryden, Jesse Currier, Jonathan M Tobis, Sharon De Cruz, and Michelle R Zeidler.
    • Department of Medicine, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: davidculpepper@chifranciscan.org.
    • Chest. 2020 Jan 1; 157 (1): e1-e3.

    Case PresentationA 38-year-old male with a prior diagnosis of severe OSA (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] 99/h) presented for transfer of care. He was successfully titrated to CPAP of 10 cm H2O at an outside laboratory and was compliant with therapy with residual AHI 1.9/h. On presentation, he was polycythemic, with negative evaluation for primary polycythemia, and evaluation for hypoxemia was initiated.Copyright © 2019 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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