摘要：

We studied 50 consecutive patients to test the hypothesis that successful treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nasal CPAP) will decrease automobile ac - cidents in patients with sleep apnea. Thirty-six (72/100) of the patients reported using nasal CPAP reg - ularly during 2 yr. Fourteen patients reported they had not used CPAP during 2 yr. The patients with sleep apnea in this study had a higher automobile crash rate than all drivers in the state of Colorado (0.07 versus 0.01 crash per driver per year, p < 0.02).

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