Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disease and has been increasingly recognized as an independent risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Stroke is a frequent disease, a second leading cause of death worldwide which generates high healthcare costs. Recent studies suggest that sleep apnea is common after stroke with the prevalence of 50-94%. OSA is e...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with relevant morbidity and mortality. Besides hypertension, valvular disease and cardiomyopathy, mainly ischemic and dilated, also other conditions like obesity, alcohol abusus, genetic factors and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are discussed to contribute to the progression from paroxysmal to persistent AF. The ...

1593 Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study—Kushida et al INTRODUCTION Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder estimated to affect more than 14 million Americans1; comprehensive data are lacking on the impact of OSA on the neurocognitive domains of attention and psychomotor function, learning and memory, and executive and frontal-lobe function. Conti...

Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA/HS) is the basis of the spectrum of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and is a condition characterized by the presence of snoring, repetitive partial upper airway obstruction (hypopnea) and/or intermittent complete obstruction (apnea), long enough to cause reduce the level of oxygen in the blood (desaturation), fragmented sleep and excessive daytime...

OF DOCTORAL THESIS TESTOSTERONE AND CORTISOL IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) SYNDROME SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR PROF. DR. TRAIAN MIHĂESCU

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic repeated upperairway obstruction during sleep, characterized by repetitive apnea, hyperpnoea and oxygen desaturations leading to interrupted sleep, variations in blood pressure, and increased sympathetic nervous system activity [1]. The prevalence of OSA is 2–4 % in the general population [2-4]. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (systemic hypert...

Sleep related disorders can have a drastic negative effect on the quality of life an individual. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is well recognized condition that characterized by frequent short periods collapse upper airway, complete or partial obstruction airway during sleep, associated with snoring and brief arousals, resulting in disturbance deprivation. OSA reported as chronic disease affect...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder in stroke patients and is associated with prolonged hospitalization, decreased functional outcome, and recurrent stroke. Research on the effect of OSA on cognitive functioning following stroke is scarce. The primary objective of this study was to compare stroke patients with and without OSA on cognitive and functional sta...

BACKGROUND Hypothyroidism and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are both common health problems and can be seen together. Each of these 2 diseases can cause pulmonary hypertension (PH). We aimed to determine whether hypothyroidism with OSA has a significant effect on the frequency and severity of PH. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 236 patients were included in the study. Patients were divided in...

S leep apnea is defined as a sleep disorder with frequent episodes of upper-airway obstruction resulting in hemoglobin oxygen desaturation. The disorder is characterized by periods of breathing cessation (apnea) and periods of reduced breathing (hypopnea). Sleep apnea increases morbidity and mortality, thus making it a condition worthy of investigation.1 Sleep apnea is typically categorized as ...