周昆達醫師(台北榮總睡眠醫學中心執行長) 有發表一篇期刊 研究睡眠呼吸中止症(OSA)對肺炎的風險 原文出處 裡面的結論(Results)提到 patients with sleep apnea experienced a 1.20-fold (95% confidence interval 1.10–1.31) increase in incident pneumonia. The risk was even higher among patients who received CPAP therapy. 翻譯:睡眠呼吸暫停患者發生肺炎的發生率增加了1.20倍,接受CPAP治療的患者風險更高。
於是被流傳所說CPAP比較會引發肺炎 但請注意這篇一開始的Background就說明 We aimed to explore the risk of incident pneumonia among adults with sleep apnea, either with or without the need of CPAP therapy. 翻譯:我們的目的是探討睡眠呼吸暫停患者發生肺炎的風險,無論是否需要CPAP治療。
看原文全文就清楚,並不是使用陽壓呼吸器會對肺不好,而是OSA患者就會對肺不好
最後,周醫師也提到 for patients receiving CPAP therapy, every effort should be made to minimize the risk of pneumonia, such as enhanced cleaning of CPAP tubing and humidifier, and vigilance if recurrent pneumonia is noted among CPAP users 翻譯:對於接受CPAP治療的患者,應盡一切努力將肺炎的風險降至最低,例如加強CPAP呼吸管和加濕器的清潔,以及在CPAP使用者中注意復發性肺炎的警惕性。