Measurement of General Health Status in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Patients

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is an important medical condition which is on the increase in the past 50 years. It causes significant morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing nations of the world. To review the relevant literature on obstructive sleep apnea. Literature review was carried out on the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, complications, diagnos...

Immune status of children with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the immune status of children with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). METHODS Fifty children with OSAHS having the symptoms of "snoring, mouth breathing and suffocating during sleep", who were admitted in our hospital from May 2014 to May 2016, were randomly selected. Another 52 healthy, age- and gender-matched children were enrolled as control s...

Is Apnea-Hypopnea Index a proper measure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea severity?

Physiopathology of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

The physiopathology of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is multifactorial. Gender and obesity status, as well as genetic, anatomic, and hormonal factors, together with ventilatory drive, interact in a diverse manner in the physiopathology and clinical expression of the disease. Obesity is the main risk factor, since increases in body mass index, visceral fat, and neck circumference are strong p...

Mean apnea–hypopnea duration (but not apnea–hypopnea index) is associated with worse hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

To determine which polysomnography parameters are associated with severity of hypertension.This retrospective study collected data on all patients admitted to our urban, academic center in Beijing with hypertension who had undergone polysomnograms (PSG) and were diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (apnea-hyponea index [AHI] ≥5/hour). We then compared polysomnographic parameters (AHI, o...