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...

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

weight also influences the quality of sleep and the occurrence of sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea. Oversleeping may also contribute to weight...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

PND is central sleep apnea (CSA) with Cheyne-Stokes Breathing (CSB), for which the treatment recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is continuous...

negative outcomes of sleep breathing disorders . In sleep clinics, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome or obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome is normally...

Electrostimulation devices have already shown some efficacy in treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Researchers that used a surgically implanted electrostimulation...

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

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