Also found in:Thesaurus,Medical,Acronyms,Encyclopedia. Related to Obstructive Sleep Apnea:central sleep apnea,Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome OSA abbr. Order of Saint Augustine American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishi...
SLEEP APNEA In sleep apnea, you stop breathing while sleeping, for a brief period of time. Sleep disorder specialists suggest losing weight and avoiding alcohol to cure this issue. Nevertheless, you should still ask your doctor whether you require a CPAP machine. CPAP is the abbreviation for co...
If you’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, APAP is a term you may have come across. It may even be used to describe the treatment therapy you’ve been prescribed. But what does it mean? An abbreviation of automatic positive airway pressure, APAP is one of the three main forms of posit...
(58). Abbreviation as in Figure 1. High blood pressure The relationship between OSA and high blood pressure is supported by a large body of evidence and has been extensively discussed in previous reviews 60, 61. Increased blood pressure in patients with OSA is multifactorial in origin and may...
(dlco), chest ct scan and home sleep apnea test. sdb was diagnosed by the respiratory disturbance index ≥5 ev/h. the association between sdb and ards, the hazards of lung impairment and the hazard ratios (hr) were analyzed. results a total of 60 patients were included (ards: 34 ...
Growing awareness of sleep apnea has extended the already long waiting lists in many sleep laboratories.11 As a result, patients with OSA are currently left waiting a mean of 11.6 months before being able to initiate medical therapy (CPAP) and 16.2 months before being able to initiate surgical...
Characteristics of sleep apnea syndrome in tetraplegic patients. Spinal Cord 2002; 40: 286–294. 19 Ku JH. Health-related quality of life in patients with spinal cord injury: review of the short form 36-health questionnaire survey. Yonsei Med J 2007; 48: 360–370. Supplementary Information ...
Forgetting might occur when sleep was significantly disrupted [41] or depending on a greater post-learning level of arousal [42] (i.e., insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, or narcolepsy [23]). Our qualitatively and prospectively assessed sleep variables did not present significant differences ...
(50%) 4148 (33%) 2188 (17%) 28 (0%) 17 (0%) 11 (0%) 0 (%) 304 (2%) 304 (2%) 0 (%) 4 (0%) 2628 (21%) 12 (0%) 3080 (24%) 2120 (17%) 604 (5%) 28 (0%) 104 (1%) Abbreviation: SA = sleep apnea; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index; SD = standard deviation....
Hi Steve, my son listens to your podcast. I have not had a good night's sleep since 1978, I have been diagnosed with all three forms of sleep apnea. I have had 8 sleep studies, the conclusion is that I never hit REM sleep, I live being exhausted at all times. I wake up exhauste...