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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the therapeutic effect of nasal continuous positive airways pressure (nCPAP) combined with antireflux medicine on obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) with gastroesophageal reflux (GER).@*METHOD@#Sixty patients with moderate to severe OSAHS with GER were simultaneously received PSG and esophageal pH monitoring and randomly divided into control group and treatment group with each group 30 patients. The control group were simply received nCPAP for every night. The treatment group were received the same treatment and combined antireflux medicine, with esomeprazole 40 mg/d and mosapride citrate 5 mg, 3 times a day,oral. Both the groups symptomatic status of OSAHS and GER were observed on the third day and the 14th day during therapy, and then the same tests above were repeated on the 14th day.@*RESULT@#Compared with the control group, the symptomatic improvement rate of OSAHS on the third day and 14th day during therapy,the symptomatic improvement rate of GER on the third day during therapy were increased with statistical significance in the treatment group (P0.05). Compared with those of the control group on the 14th therapeutic night, AHI, LSaO2, the percentage of time with pH0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#nCPAP is the most effective method for patients suffering OSAHS associated with GER, but nCPAP used in conjunction with anti-reflux drugs do not improve efficacy.