THE RESPIRATORY SUPPORT TO PATIENTS WITH OVERLAP SYNDROME
The combination of sleep apnea syndrome and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease conducts to increasing of respiratory failure, accelerates development of pulmonary hypertension and heart failure in patients with overlap syndrome. In choice of the method of respiratory support to patients with overlap syndrome the estimation of expressiveness of obstruction of the distal respiratory ways, degrees and forms of chronic respiratory failure, presence and expressiveness of clinical, functional and laboratory signs of alveolar hypoventilation is necessary. The therapy of overlap syndrome includes night CPAP-therapy with addition of oxygen or bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation of lungs.