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    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is characterized by recurrent episodes of complete or partial obstruction...
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    Sleep apnea may be categorized as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in which breathing is interrupted by a blockage of air flow, central sleep apnea (CSA)...
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  • 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...
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    depth of respiration (hyperventilation, yawning). Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a form of sleep apnea that occurs more frequently when throat muscles...
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    treatment of obstructive sleep apnea were their first tasks. As late as 1999, virtually any American physician, with no specific training in sleep medicine...
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    Continuous positive airway pressure (category Treatment of sleep disorders)
    obstructive sleep apnea. Upper airway resistance syndrome is another form of sleep-disordered breathing with symptoms that are similar to obstructive...
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    diabetes treatment, and Zepbound for weight loss and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Tirzepatide is a gastric inhibitory polypeptide analog and GLP-1...
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    narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, excessive daytime sleepiness, and insomnia. Neurodegenerative diseases have often been associated with sleep disorders...
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  • sleep-wake disorders. These include insomnia disorders, hypersomnolence disorders, narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea, central sleep apnea,...
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  • Snoring (category Sleep disorders)
    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...
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  • Hypopnea (category Sleep disorders)
    sleep breathing disorders. In sleep clinics, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome or obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (as well as central sleep apnea)...
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  • weight also influences the quality of sleep and the occurrence of sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea. Oversleeping may also contribute to weight...
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  • Mild to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep, Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2015, Pages 1439–1449. How does obstructive sleep apnea alter cerebral hemodynamics...
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  • 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...
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  • Sleep Disorders, sleep-related breathing disorders are classified as follows: Sleep apnea, including the more specific disorders of obstructive sleep...
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    Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (category Sleep disorders)
    syndrome is often associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which causes periods of absent or reduced breathing in sleep, resulting in many partial awakenings...
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  • insomnia disorder Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) disorders OSA, adult OSA, pediatric Central sleep apnea syndromes Central sleep apnea with Cheyne-Stokes...
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  • noisy breathing during sleep. Usually, any medical condition where the airway is blocked during sleeping, like obstructive sleep apnea, may give rise to snoring...
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  • Setting Type Primary Sleep Apnea of Infancy Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Pediatric Congenital Central Alveolar Hypoventilation Syndrome Sleep Enuresis Restless...
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    (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, is also increased in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). CRP and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were significantly higher...
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  • them. Some are: Insufficient quality or quantity of night time sleep Obstructive sleep apnea Misalignments of the body's circadian pacemaker with the environment...
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    Mandibular advancement splint (category Treatment of sleep disorders)
    medical device worn in the mouth used to treat sleep-related breathing disorders including: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring, and TMJ disorders. These...
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  • sleep breathing disorders and snoring where oropharyngeal exercises were found to reduce the severity and primary symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea...
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    Tonsillectomy (category Sleep surgery)
    mainly performed for recurrent tonsillitis, throat infections and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). For those with frequent throat infections, surgery results...
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    K-complex (category Sleep physiology)
    non-restorative sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with inspiratory occlusions evoking fewer K-complexes during NREM sleep even though...
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    Polysomnography (category Sleep medicine)
    71 minutes of sleep Mr. B____ manifested 83 obstructive apneas, 3 central apneas, 1 mixed apnea and 28 hypopneas, for an elevated apnea+hypopnea index...
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    rate with low rates of complications. RFA was first studied in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a pig model. RFA has been recognized as a somnoplasty...
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  • Upper airway resistance syndrome (category Sleep disorders)
    relationship to obstructive sleep apnea, was published in 1992 by Guilleminault et al. Symptoms of UARS are similar to those of obstructive sleep apnea, but not...
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  • Transoral robotic sleep apnea (TORSA) surgery utilizes the same approach to open the upper airway of those with obstructive sleep apnea. This technique...
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    (2016-03-01). "Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with Down Syndrome". Sleep. 39 (3): 699–704. doi:10.5665/sleep.5554. ISSN 0161-8105. PMC 4763351...
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