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Despite this prevalence, there have been very few specific studies on the management of OSA in this age group, even though over 60% of the patients aged over 65-70 years who attend sleep units with suspicion of OSA receive treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), on the basis of an extrapolation of the positive results achieved by CPAP in clinical trials involving middle-aged males. However, the latter\u2019s form of presentation, evolution and, probably, prognosis comparing with OSA are not the same as those of elderly patients. Recent clinical trials performed on an exclusive series of elderly patients have shed light on the possible role of CPAP treatment in elderly patients with OSA, but there are still many questions that need to be answered. The physiological increase in the number of sleep-related disorders with the passing of years, and the lack of validated diagnostic and therapeutic tools for this age group are probably the greatest obstacles to define, diagnose and treat OSA in the elderly.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9020546","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,25]],"date-time":"2020-02-25T08:12:22Z","timestamp":1582618342000},"page":"546","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Treatment with CPAP in Elderly Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7717-0978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tomas","family":"Posadas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2121-7554","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Grace","family":"Oscullo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Enrique","family":"Zald\u00edvar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8037-0217","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alberto","family":"Garcia-Ortega","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Daniel","family":"G\u00f3mez-Olivas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manuela","family":"Monteagudo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7321-1891","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miguel Angel","family":"Mart\u00ednez-Garc\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario y Polit\u00e9cnico La Fe, 46015 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1196","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(09)61460-4","article-title":"Ageing populations: The challenges ahead","volume":"374","author":"Christensen","year":"2009","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"479","DOI":"10.1016\/S1579-2129(10)70116-6","article-title":"Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome in the Elderly","volume":"46","author":"Montserrat","year":"2010","journal-title":"Arch. 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