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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 196816" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Sleep Breath. 2006 Sep;10(3):155-60. doi: 10.1007/s11325-006-0064-z.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Does obstructive sleep apnea increase hematocrit?</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Jong Bae Choi 1, José S Loredo, Daniel Norman, Paul J Mills, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Michael G Ziegler, Joel E Dimsdale</p><p></p><p>Abstract</p><p>This study assessed the relationship between hematocrit levels and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and examined how this relationship was affected by the degree of hypoxia as well as by possible confounding factors. Two-hundred sixty three subjects (189 men and 74 women) underwent nocturnal polysomnography with oximetry and had measurements of hematocrit, hemoglobin, white blood cell count, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), and 24-h urine norepinephrine (NE). Patients with severe OSA [respiratory disturbance index (RDI) >30] had significantly higher hematocrit values than patients with mild to moderate OSA or nonapneic controls (p < 0.01). However, only one patient had a hematocrit in the range of clinical polycythemia. Hematocrit levels were significantly correlated with BMI, BP, urinary NE, RDI, percent of time spent at oxygen saturation <90%, and with mean oxygen saturation. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that mean oxygen saturation, RDI, and percent of time spent at oxygen saturation <90% were significant predictors of hematocrit level, even after controlling for gender, ethnicity, 24-h urine NE, BMI, and BP (p < 0.05). The severity of OSA is significantly associated with increased hematocrit, even after controlling for possible confounding variables. However, nocturnal hypoxemia in OSA does not usually lead to clinical polycythemia.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Chest. 1990 Mar;97(3):729-30. doi: 10.1378/chest.97.3.729.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Overnight decrease in hematocrit after nasal CPAP treatment in patients with OSA</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p>J Krieger 1, E Sforza, M Barthelmebs, J L Imbs, D Kurtz</p><p></p><p>Abstract</p><p>To clarify the paradox of a decrease in urine and sodium excretion occurring along with the elimination of peripheral edema when patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), we investigated the immediate effects of this treatment on the hematocrit and red blood cell count in eight patients with OSA. The hematocrit decreased in all patients, from a mean of 45.6 +/- 1.2 percent to 43.0 +/- 1.4 percent, with a parallel decrease in the red blood cell count from 4.777 +/- 0.168 millions/cu mm to 4.577 +/- 0.174 millions/cu mm (p less than 0.0005, one-tailed, in both cases). These results suggest that nasal CPAP treatment causes a hemodilution in patients with OSA, and are compatible with the hypothesis of an atrial natriuretic peptide-induced fluid shift from the intravascular to the extravascular volume in untreated patients with OSA. The reversal of these changes with CPAP treatment could explain the simultaneous decrease in sodium and urine excretion and the reduction of peripheral edema.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 196816, member: 3"] Sleep Breath. 2006 Sep;10(3):155-60. doi: 10.1007/s11325-006-0064-z. [B][SIZE=18px]Does obstructive sleep apnea increase hematocrit?[/SIZE][/B] Jong Bae Choi 1, José S Loredo, Daniel Norman, Paul J Mills, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Michael G Ziegler, Joel E Dimsdale Abstract This study assessed the relationship between hematocrit levels and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and examined how this relationship was affected by the degree of hypoxia as well as by possible confounding factors. Two-hundred sixty three subjects (189 men and 74 women) underwent nocturnal polysomnography with oximetry and had measurements of hematocrit, hemoglobin, white blood cell count, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), and 24-h urine norepinephrine (NE). Patients with severe OSA [respiratory disturbance index (RDI) >30] had significantly higher hematocrit values than patients with mild to moderate OSA or nonapneic controls (p < 0.01). However, only one patient had a hematocrit in the range of clinical polycythemia. Hematocrit levels were significantly correlated with BMI, BP, urinary NE, RDI, percent of time spent at oxygen saturation <90%, and with mean oxygen saturation. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that mean oxygen saturation, RDI, and percent of time spent at oxygen saturation <90% were significant predictors of hematocrit level, even after controlling for gender, ethnicity, 24-h urine NE, BMI, and BP (p < 0.05). The severity of OSA is significantly associated with increased hematocrit, even after controlling for possible confounding variables. However, nocturnal hypoxemia in OSA does not usually lead to clinical polycythemia. Chest. 1990 Mar;97(3):729-30. doi: 10.1378/chest.97.3.729. [B][SIZE=18px][FONT=Arial]Overnight decrease in hematocrit after nasal CPAP treatment in patients with OSA[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] J Krieger 1, E Sforza, M Barthelmebs, J L Imbs, D Kurtz Abstract To clarify the paradox of a decrease in urine and sodium excretion occurring along with the elimination of peripheral edema when patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), we investigated the immediate effects of this treatment on the hematocrit and red blood cell count in eight patients with OSA. The hematocrit decreased in all patients, from a mean of 45.6 +/- 1.2 percent to 43.0 +/- 1.4 percent, with a parallel decrease in the red blood cell count from 4.777 +/- 0.168 millions/cu mm to 4.577 +/- 0.174 millions/cu mm (p less than 0.0005, one-tailed, in both cases). These results suggest that nasal CPAP treatment causes a hemodilution in patients with OSA, and are compatible with the hypothesis of an atrial natriuretic peptide-induced fluid shift from the intravascular to the extravascular volume in untreated patients with OSA. The reversal of these changes with CPAP treatment could explain the simultaneous decrease in sodium and urine excretion and the reduction of peripheral edema. [/QUOTE]
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