Clinical and polysomnographic evaluation of sleep-related breathing disorders in patients with sarcoidosis.
Özlem AtaoğluAli Nihat AnnakkayaPeri Meram ArbakPınar Yildiz GülhanMehmet Fatih ElverişliPublished in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2022)
High rates of OSA were detected in sarcoidosis, increasing with the advanced disease stage. The findings suggest that patients with sarcoidosis and advanced age, obesity, steroid treatment, and involvement of lung parenchyma (stages 2 and 3) should be evaluated for OSA risk. Further investigations are needed to establish the potential causes of the high prevalence of OSA in sarcoidosis.