Sleep Apnea in Early to Mid-Stage Alzheimer's Disease

Exclusion Criteria

• •Prior diagnosis of sleep apnea or patients already benefitting from respiratory assistance equipment- History of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), treated with bronchodilators or corticoids
• •Patients with severe heart failure (stages III and IV of the NYHA Functional Classification)
• •Patients with a recent history of stroke or myocardial infarction (within the last three months)
• •Recently initiated or modified anticholinergic treatment (within the last two months)
• •Patients under guardianship
• •Behavioral disorders (pacing, agitation)
• •Patients with severe dementia
• •Patient with potentially low tolerance to treatment (latex allergies, claustrophobia, prior CPAP treatment which was badly tolerated)
• •Serious bullous lung disease
• •Pneumothorax
• •Arterial hypotension
• •Dehydration
• •Cerebrospinal fluid effusion, recent concussion, or cranial surgery