Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is characterized by recurrent episodes of complete or partial obstruction...

Central sleep apnea (CSA) or central sleep apnea syndrome (CSAS) is a sleep-related disorder in which the effort to breathe is diminished or absent, typically...

trauma. During sleep, people with severe sleep apnea can have over thirty episodes of intermittent apnea per hour every night. Apnea can also be observed...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a form of sleep apnea that occurs more frequently when throat muscles relax and is most severe when individuals are sleeping in...

The Apnea–Hypopnea Index or Apnoea–Hypopnoea Index (AHI) is an index used to indicate the severity of sleep apnea. It is represented by the number of...

of obstructive sleep apnea were their first tasks. As late as 1999, virtually any American physician, with no specific training in sleep medicine, could...

most common sleep disorder. Others include sleep apnea, narcolepsy and hypersomnia (excessive sleepiness at inappropriate times), sleeping sickness (disruption...

sleep-wake disorders. These include insomnia disorders, hypersomnolence disorders, narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea, central sleep apnea,...

also cause sleep apnea if scar tissue forms and the airspace in the velopharynx is decreased. The success of UPPP as a treatment for sleep apnea is unknown...

option for sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is caused by a failure of the central nervous system to signal the body to breathe during sleep. Treatments...

clinical variant of sleep apnea that can also cause hypersomnia. Just as other sleep disorders (like narcolepsy) can coexist with sleep apnea, the same is true...

(EMG), and heart rhythm (ECG)1. After the identification of the sleep disorder sleep apnea in the 1970s, the breathing functions, respiratory airflow, and...

sleep apnea. Upper airway resistance syndrome is another form of sleep-disordered breathing with symptoms that are similar to obstructive sleep apnea...

medical device worn in the mouth used to treat sleep-related breathing disorders including: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring, and TMJ disorders. These...

breathing while sleeping. The sound may be soft or loud and unpleasant. Snoring during sleep may be a sign, or first alarm, of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Research...

Setting Type Primary Sleep Apnea of Infancy Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Pediatric Congenital Central Alveolar Hypoventilation Syndrome Sleep Enuresis Restless...

Sleep Disorders, sleep-related breathing disorders are classified as follows: Sleep apnea, including the more specific disorders of obstructive sleep...

sleep breathing disorders and snoring where oropharyngeal exercises were found to reduce the severity and primary symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea...

central sleep apnea Primary central sleep apnea of infancy Primary central sleep apnea of prematurity Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea Sleep-related...

context. It has indications as an appetite stimulant, antiemetic, and sleep apnea reliever and is approved by the FDA as safe and effective for HIV/AIDS-induced...

restoration. Therefore, drugs that inhibit REM sleep also decrease K-complex count. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with inspiratory occlusions...

that patients who have both obstructive sleep apnea and asthma often improve tremendously when the sleep apnea is diagnosed and treated. CPAP is not effective...

working night shifts and sleep apnea. Diagnosis is based on sleep habits and an examination to look for underlying causes. A sleep study may be done to look...

obstructive sleep apnea, was published in 1992 by Guilleminault et al. Symptoms of UARS are similar to those of obstructive sleep apnea, but not inherently...

hypertrophic lingual tonsils have the potential to cause or exacerbate sleep apnea. Lingual tonsil Lingual tonsil Lingual tonsils This article incorporates...

(PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea. PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those who are critically ill...

a marker of systemic inflammation, is also increased in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). CRP and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were significantly higher...

Likewise, these are all known risk factors for sleep apnea. One study found that gestational sleep apnea was associated with low reading test scores in...

sleep apnea is apnea either as the result of obstruction of the air passages or inadequate respiratory muscle activity. Sleep apnea (or sleep apnoea...