Talks：

OSA and PAP Treatment: Cases Sharing

Name：

林明澤(Ming-Tzer Lin)

Position：

Attending physician and clinical lecturer

Affiliation：

1. Intensive Care Units/Respiratory Care Center/Ward, Hsiao Chung-Cheng Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan 2. Internal Medicine and Center of Sleep Disorders, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Email：

lightpool2010@gmail.com

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Research Interests：

Internal Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Sleep Medicine Epidemiology

Selected Publications：

1. Lin MT, Lai CL, *Lee PL, Shen MH, Yu CJ, Fang CT, *Chen CL. Timely diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea reduce cardiovascular sequelae in patients with myocardial infarction. PLoS One. 2018;13(7):e0201493. 2. Lee CF, Lee CH, Hsueh WY, *Lin MT, *Kang KT. Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome: A meta-analysis. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018;14(5):867-75. 3. Liu HW, Chen YJ, Lai YC, Huang CY, Huang YL, Lin MT, Han SY, Chen CL, Yu CJ, *Lee PL. Combing MAD and CPAP as an effective strategy for treating patients with severe sleep apnea intolerant to high-pressure PAP and unresponsive to MAD. PLoS One. 2017;12(10):e0187032. 4. Kang KT, Koltai PJ, Lee CH, Lin MT, Hsu WC. Lingual tonsillectomy for treatment of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: A meta-analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017;143(6):561-8.

Abstract：

A 61 years old male patients with severe OSAS under regular CPAP control for 9 years needed higher but intolerable pressure for increased AHI during follow-up.