Why Every COPD Patient Needs to Pay Attention to Their Sleep Breathing Note: the person or story in the opening of this article is an illustrative composite written to explain common experiences. It is not a real patient or a real reader email. Robert had managed his COPD for eight years with the standard toolkit: long-acting bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids, pulmonary rehabilitation twice weekly, and annual flu vaccinations. His FEV1 had declined slowly but steadily, which his pulmonologist considered acceptable disease progression. What Robert couldn’t understand was why he felt increasingly exhausted despite technically “doing everything right.” His mornings began with...