Sara Nowakowski

Jan 10, 2025 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Javad Razjouyan |Nicola Hanania |Sara Nowakowski |Ritwick Agrawal

BACKGROUND: Disturbed sleep in patients with COPD impact quality of life and predict adverse outcomes. RESEARCH QUESTION: To identify distinct phenotypic clusters of patients with COPD using objective sleep parameters and evaluate the associations between clusters and all-cause mortality to inform risk stratification. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A longitudinal observational cohort study using nationwide Veterans Health Administration data of patients with COPD investigated for sleep disorders.