title: [Amyloidosis and sleep-inhibiting apnea. A case improved by continuous positive pressure applied via the nose].
abstract: We present a patient with primary amyloidosis and sleep-inhibiting apnea and review the only two cases for which adequate references have been made in the medical literature. The importance of a complete anamnesis on the characteristics of sleep are stressed, and it is suggests that treatment with positive pressure applied via the nose (cPAP), as in the case presented here, can mean an important symptomatic improvement in a disease with an unfortunate prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna I, Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yebra
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: González-Baylín
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Espinar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lacoma
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gea Banaclocha
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berrocal
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Amiloidosis y apnea obstructiva del sueño. A propósito de un caso mejorado con presión positiva continua por vía nasal.