Sleep Apnea

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Sleep Apnea

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NEWS:

Impotence common in men with sleep apnea

Scientists discover a new twist in snoring

Sildenafil Worsens Obstructive Sleep Apnea Events "In men with severe obstructive sleep apnea, 50 mg of sildenafil worsens bedtime respiratory and desaturation events …"

Sleep Apnea in Children Linked to Lower IQ Scores, Learning Impairment "Children with untreated sleep apnea perform significantly worse on IQ tests and may have some brain impairment that could hinder their ability to learn new tasks …"

ARTICLES:

Recent Findings on Dangers of Sleep Apnea

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Association of Nocturnal Arrhythmias with Sleep-disordered Breathing (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2006) "Conclusions: Individuals with severe sleep-disordered breathing have two- to fourfold higher odds of complex arrhythmias than those without sleep-disordered breathing even after adjustment for potential confounders."

Clinical characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea in community-dwelling older adults. (J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006)

Dry mouth upon awakening in obstructive sleep apnea. (J Sleep Res. 2006) "Dry mouth upon awakening appears as a significant symptom of OSA. We suggest that increased sleep time spent with an open mouth is a likely explanation for these findings."

Evening-Morning Differences in Blood Pressure in Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Effect of Gender. (Am J Hypertens. 2006) "CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate that the evening to morning difference in BP in men with OSA is linearly related to the severity of OSA, both in patients with HT and in those with non-HT. These results may have practical relevance in screening for patients with OSA and may have prognostic clinical value in predicting future cardiovascular events."

Hypertension prevalence in obstructive sleep apnoea and sex: a population-based case-control study. (Eur Respir J. 2006)

Inflammatory aspects of sleep apnea and their cardiovascular consequences. (South Med J. 2006)

Influence of obstructive sleep apnoea in coronary artery disease: A 10-year follow-up. (Respir Med. 2006)

Neuropsychological morbidity linked to childhood sleep-disordered breathing (Sleep Medicine Reviews 2006) "Recent studies now demonstrate that mild sleep apnea and snoring, once considered within the spectrum of normal sleep patterns, are associated with deficits of neuropsychological function. Preliminary data suggest that some of these cognitive deficits may be reversible following treatment of mild sleep apnea in children; however, factors such as age at treatment, duration of sleep disordered breathing, pre-morbid intellectual level, socioeconomic status, or the effectiveness of treatment may adversely affect long-term outcome."

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. (J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2006)

[Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.] (An Pediatr (Barc). 2006)

Serum cardiovascular risk factors in obstructive sleep apnea. (Chest. 2006) "CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that OSA syndrome is associated not only with slight hyperhomocysteinemia but also with increased CRP concentrations. Increased plasma concentrations of homocysteine and CRP can be useful in clinical practice to be predictor of long-term prognosis for cardiovascular disease and the treatment of OSA."

Severe Sleep Apnea and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in the Elderly. (Stroke. 2006) "CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that severe obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea (defined as apnea-hypopnea index >/=30) increases the risk of ischemic stroke in the elderly population, independent of known confounding factors."

Sexual Function Status in Women with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. (J Sex Med. 2006) "Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome negatively impacts sexual function in women independent of age and associated co-morbid diseases."

Sleep apnea. (Indian J Pediatr. 2006)

Sleep apnea. (Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006)

Sleep Apnoea & Hypertension. Themed Issue paper. (Exp Physiol. 2006)

Sleep disorders presenting as common pediatric problems. (CMAJ. 2006)

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Acute Ischemic Stroke. Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Treatment, Evolution, and Long-Term Clinical Outcome. (Stroke. 2006) "CONCLUSIONS: SDB is common particularly in elderly stroke male patients with diabetes, nighttime stroke onset, and macroangiopathy as cause of stroke; it improves after the acute phase, is associated with an increased poststroke mortality, and can be treated with CPAP in a small percentage of patients."

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