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Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015 Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common clinical condition in which the throat narrows or collapses repeatedly during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnoea events. The syndrome is particularly prevalent in middle-aged and older adults.
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Adult obstructive sleep apnoea [PDF]
The Lancet, 2014 Obstructive sleep apnoea is an increasingly common disorder of repeated upper airway collapse during sleep, leading to oxygen desaturation and disrupted sleep. Features include snoring, witnessed apnoeas, and sleepiness. Pathogenesis varies; predisposing factors include small upper airway lumen, unstable respiratory control, low arousal threshold ...
Jordan, Amy S +2 more
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Sleep apnoea is common in severe peripheral arterial disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Atherosclerotic conditions have been demonstrated to be associated with sleep- disordered breathing (SDB). Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) represents severe atherosclerosis with a high mortality. In early stages of PAD a substantial prevalence of sleep
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Cortical thinning in male obstructive sleep apnoea patients with excessive daytime sleepiness
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Background and purposeObstructive sleep apnoea is associated with excessive daytime sleepiness due to sleep fragmentation and hypoxemia, both of which can lead to abnormal brain morphology. However, the pattern of brain structural changes associated with
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Correlation between Degree of Desaturation and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is major Non Communicable Disease (NCD) which is becoming very common worldwide. The OSA results in day time hypersomnolence, nocturnal hypoxia and snoring.
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Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in children
Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, 2016 Sleep-related breathing disorders in children are a clinical problem which is more and more often diagnosed by doctors nowadays. They can be the basis for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome that causes a number of complications: lowering the ...
Anna Włodarska, Anna Doboszyńska
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Obstructive sleep apnoea in obese adolescents and cardiometabolic risk markers [PDF]
, 2013 WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT: In paediatric patients, obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with adiposity, especially visceral adiposity.
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Sleep apnoea and the heart [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2013 Sleep apnoea is associated with significant daytime functioning impairment and marked cardiovascular morbidities, leading to a significant increase in mortality. Sympathetic activation, oxidative stress and systemic inflammation have been shown to be the
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Obstructive sleep apnoea [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2016 The article on obstructive sleep apnoea may mislead the unwary reader as it appears to give equal prominence to claims supported by substantial evidence and those made on the basis of much weaker evidence.1 It states that obstructive sleep apnoea can probably increase the risk of strokes and …
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