David Geoffrey Chapman, BSc, PhD, of University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, has been awarded the new American Thoracic Society (ATS) Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Sleep-disordered Breathing and PAP Therapy.
Chapman’s $100,000 award will support his research into how non-invasive ventilation (NIV) can help improve sleep for people with both obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), known as COPD/OSA Overlap Syndrome.
Specifically, Chapman will determine how effective various NIV settings are in addressing hyperinflation, the act of breathing at abnormally high lung volumes that is common in people with COPD. Hyperinflation reduces the function of the diaphragm, the predominant muscle for breathing during sleep, and is correlated to reduced sleep quality in a pilot study, also by Chapman.
One in four people with COPD also have moderate to severe OSA, according to a 2017 study.
Depending on which polysomnographic features predominate, patients may present with a variety of daytime symptoms and clinical outcomes, ranging from insomnia to hypersomnia with and without cardiopulmonary complications. The ATS strongly advocates for further research into people with COPD/OSA Overlap Syndrome to better understand the relationship between the two diseases, optimize the definitions and equipment used to assess patients, and determine which therapy options are best for them.
“Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the leading causes of death in the US and sleep-disordered breathing, which commonly occurs in patients with COPD, has been found to be a risk factor for premature death in this population,” says Sanjay Patel, MD, chair of the ATS Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, in a release. “Through ResMed’s support, this new award will provide a much-needed source of funding for scientists such as Dr Chapman to determine how to best treat sleep-disordered breathing in patients with COPD in order to improve their lives.”
Carlos M. Nunez, MD, ResMed’s chief medical officer, says, “ResMed has sponsored rigorous scientific research for decades and is proud to support the ATS Foundation and Dr Chapman in this important new study. The more that researchers can confirm how sleep apnea and comorbid conditions interact to affect patients’ health, the more focused and motivated the medical community should be to identify those who are suffering and get them screened, diagnosed, and effectively treated as soon as possible.”
The application process for the next cycle of grant opportunities will open on July 24, 2019. Interested applicants should visit the ATS Foundation website to learn more.
On January 10th 2019 lost my mother while she was in the hospital suffering from COPD ,my poor MOTHER died an Unnecessary death simply Going into the hospital for a procedure known as a endoscope I Was called by my mother after her procedure was over, She was getting ready to be discharged the following day my mother suffers from Heart disease, Congestive heart failure she was on 4 l of oxygen, My mother was told that they phone nothing wrong with her stomach and the pain was caused by some sludge that had built up in her vile ducked and they were able to fix the problem, My mother was told that they phone nothing wrong with her stomach and the pain was caused by some sludge that had built up in her vile ducked and they were able to fix the problem Later that evening my mother called me very frantic in scared stating to me that she was throwing up blood, My mother said she was also passing blood through Her bowel, My mother’s oxygen saturation was low because the hospital was not treating her with her Trilogy machine which this article speaks about, My mother did very well and lived a very good life with the help of this non invasive ventilation, When she would go to sleep she would use this 10,7000 door piece of equipment. The hospital was only given her Bipap treatment, I try to tell the nurses that my mom would go into acute respiratory failure without her Non invasive ventilation, My mom also when they did the endoscope bled to death by The perceived you’re she had done they had to give her almost 40 pints of blood and plasma and she survived that only to succumb to them not ventilatin her I suffer from sleep apnea as well and I am on my bipap treatment, I was told by my doctor that I have one of the worst cases of sleep apnea they have ever seen in fact they are considering putting me on the trilogy unit which is The same kind of machine my mother had and that this story is talking about my mother’s death was certainly premature, In fact I predicted this would happen if they did not give her the proper breathing treatment why the hospital would allow her oxygen saturation levels to fail and allow her to go into cardiac arrest during her intensive care visit is beyond me. To the doctor who runs this clinic or study if you would like me to participate as a patient I would be certainly honored you have my email address please feel free to get in touch with me.