title: [Treatment for erectile dysfunction patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by nasal continual positive airway pressure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the influence of nasal continual positive airway pressure (nCPAP) on the erectile function of erectile dysfunction (ED) patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-seven patients with ED and OSAS were randomly divided into treatment (n = 15) and control (n = 12) groups, the former treated by nCPAP from 22:00 to 6:00 per night for 1 month. And the apnea-hypopnea index(AHI), the lowest oxygen saturation (SaO2) and IIEF were compared before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  AHI, the lowest SaO2, erectile function and IIEF showed no significant difference before treatment in the two groups, but displayed a significant improvement after treatment in the treated group compared with the control (P > 0.05), in which no significant changes were observed before and after treatment (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  nCPAP therapy can improve the erectile function of ED patients with OSAS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liwan Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510170, China. Lee-Fenglei@sohu.com
authors.forename: Fenglei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*