Systems and methods for concurrent airway stabilization and pulmonary stretch receptor activation

A method for the concurrent treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension in a patient, the method comprising:

• providing a flow of treatment gas to the airway of the patient in accordance with a first set of flow parameters;
• determining that the patient has achieved stable breathing while receiving the provided flow of treatment gas in accordance with the first set of parameters;
• collecting breath data of the patient while receiving the flow of treatment gas in accordance with the first set of parameters;
• determining a set of target patient breath parameters from the breath data;
• adjusting the flow of treatment gas to a different set of flow parameters;
• monitoring the patient to obtain new patient breath data;
• determining that the new patient breath data accords with the target patient breath parameters;
• and
• providing the flow of treatment gas to the patient in accordance with the different set of flow parameters,
• wherein the target patient breath parameters include a target tidal volume of the patient which is greater than a first tidal volume of the patient.