Obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea have a significantly narrower upper airway, specifically of the retropalatal region, compared with obese individuals without obstructive sleep apnea.
Supplemental oxygen reduced morning systolic blood pressure by -6.6 mm Hg in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Obstructive sleep apnea was associated with differences in the diversity and composition of the nasal microbiome.
Individuals with more frequent nighttime awakening exhibited a higher risk for atrial fibrillation.
Body composition measures were examined as a screening tool to detect obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with T2D.
Disturbed sleep was linked to increased thickness in right postcentral gyrus, pericalcarine, and pars opercularis.
Poor control of asthma and obstructive sleep apnea can feed off one another, according to Michelle Zeidler, MD, pulmonologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director of the UCLA Sleep Fellowship Program.
Precapillary pulmonary hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea may be causative factors for central sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension, respectively.
The aim of this study was to describe an automated OSA screening and report the prevalence of children with snoring plus one additional OSA symptom.
Of the 4 clinical scores used to predict the occurrence of hypoxemic episodes in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea, DES-OSA appears to be the most effective.
