What is Sleep Apnea

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Just started my process to get my RPSGT credential. Very eye opening working in a sleep lab and seeing these people sleep firsthand. Exam this week!!!

New AutoIQ Mode Makes Philips Respironics CPAP Device their Most Advanced to Date Murrysville, Pa., USA — Philips Respironics, is shaping the future of sleep therapy by providing an innovative technology for treating and managing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – in its most advanced CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) device to date. The new REMstar [...]

Life is so good, busy yes, but very fulfilling. Recently i have begun a direction to obtain my RPSGT degree and i am very excited to be back learning and upgrading myself. As always learning plays a large part of my life, but this seems different as it involves so much of life. I am [...]

Swedish Medical Center testing new sleep apnea therapy – looking for participants Sep 11 2011 Swedish Medical Center has been selected to participate in a pivotal clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new therapy for patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The STAR trial (Stimulation Therapy for Apnea [...]

August 9, 2011 — Sleep-disordered breathing is associated with a significantly increased risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in elderly women, results of a prospective study indicate. Kristine Yaffe, MD The relationship seems to be related primarily to measures of hypoxia rather than sleep fragmentation or sleep duration, Kristine Yaffe, MD, of University [...]

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Itay E. Gabbay and Peretz Lavie Abstract Purpose The present study attempted to characterize the phenotype of men and women of different ages with a laboratory diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using demographic, subjective complaints and medical history and to determine the best fitting apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) cutoff point for OSA diagnosis in each [...]

Article Description: A simple surgical procedure — removing enlarged tonsils and adenoids – can benefit children with obstructive sleep apnea and adenotonsillar hypertrophy, a researcher said here. But perhaps more importantly, the procedure can also reverse cardiovascular changes – including an enlarged heart – caused by the sleep apnea, according to Lisa Burns, MD, of [...]