background sleep apnea (sa) is a common sleep disorder among us adults. associations of sa with alcohol consumption and some chronic diseases have been inconsistent. objectives this study aimed to estimate prevalence of sa and examine its associations with potential factors including alcohol consumption, asthma, diabetes, and hypertension. patients and methods this was a cross-sectional study o...

Incidence of sleep apnea syndromes in the general population in Japan is unknown. To investigate this incidence in Japan, sleep apnea syndromes were carefully diagnosed for all patients who visited a private hospital located in Naka Ward, Nagoya, from November 1, 1983, until April 30, 1985. A total of 9132 patients were examined by four doctors. Insomnia, heavy snoring, daytime hypersomnia, sho...

introduction: chronic nasal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy is a very common disorder. although the clinical assessment of adenoid hypertrophy is essential, its real value in young children is difficult to evaluate. the purpose of this prospective study was to validate a simple clinical score to predict the severity of adenoid obstruction and to evaluate the relationship between this met...

The first description of an obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) sufferer is generally attributed to the novelist Charles Dickens, who described ‘‘Joe’’ in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, published in 1836. Joe was an excessively sleepy, obese boy who snored loudly and had possible right-sided heart failure that led to his being called ‘‘young dropsy’’ [1,2]. The first physician to describ...

Introduction Normal Physiology during Sleep: Changes with Maturation and Development Changes in Respiration during Sleep Thoracic Mechanics Upper Airway Ventilatory Control Arousal Apnea Gas Exchange Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Epidemiology Pathophysiology Complications Evaluation Treatment Long-term Outcome Central Hypoventilation Syndromes Definition Etiology Evaluation Treatment Chronic...

background and objective : obstructive sleep apnea (osa) through hypoxia and reoxygenation periods leads to oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and activation of inflammatory cycles, which eventually may cause disorder in vasa nervorum, and peripheral neuropathy in hearing pathway. in this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of severe sleep apnea on hearing function. materials and met...