Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Positional Therapy Compared to Control for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Protocol for Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Frances Clements   ^{1, 2, 3} , BAPSC ;   Hima Vedam   ^{2, 3, 4} , MBBS, PhD ;   Yewon Chung   ^{2, 3, 4} , MBBS, PhD ;   John Smoleniec   ^{3, 4, 5} , MBBCh, CMFM, RCOG, RANZCOG, BScHons, PhD ;   Colin Sullivan   ⁶ , MBBS, BSc, PhD ;   Renuka Shanmugalingam   ^{3, 4, 5} , MBBS (Hons), PhD ;   Annemarie Hennessy   ^{1, 3, 7, 8} , MBBS, MBA, PhD ;   Angela Makris   ^{1, 3, 4, 5, 8} , MBBS, MMed (Clin Epi), PhD

¹ School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

² Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia

³ Women's Health Initiative Translational Unit (WHITU), Ingham Institute for Medical Research, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, Australia

⁴ South Western Sydney School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia

⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia

⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

⁸ Vascular Immunology Research Laboratory, The Heart Research Institute, University of Sydney, Newtown, Australia