Response: continuous positive airway pressure ventilation does correct nasal inflammation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

摘要

To the Editor: We thank Drs. Esquinas and Ferrari for their interest in our recent paper on the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilation on nasal inflammation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) [1]. In our paper we have reported that all of our patients with OSAS were affected by some form of rhinopathy, mostly subclinical, which was not found to influence compliance to CPAP. Regular CPAP treatment induced a considerable reduction of cell infiltration (neutrophils, eosinophils, ..lymphocytes, and muciparous cells), which was not seen in nontreated patients.