Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Christine Won, Jee Hyun Kim, Christian Guilleminault

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Neurology
Subtitle of host publicationA Clinical Approach
PublisherWiley Blackwell
Pages563-565
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9781405157384
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 May 2010

Keywords

  • Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) - eliminating upper airway obstruction during sleep
  • Full-night polysomnography (PSG) study in sleep laboratory - main method of evaluation
  • Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias - sleep walking, sleep eating, and nocturnal confusional spells
  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), repeated episodes of upper airway collapse and obstruction during sleep
  • Oral appliances, positioning the mandible in a protruded position during sleep
  • Sleep-disordered breathing - increased upper airway resistance secondary to narrowing at airway
  • Snoring, witnessed apneas, snorting, and gasping - during sleep, recurrent awakenings from sleep
  • Surgical success for OSA - unpredictable and not as effective as CPAP

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