loading...| Preferred Name | obstructive sleep apnea syndrome | |
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Sleep apnoea Sleep apnea OSAS |
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Sleep apnea (or sleep apnoea in Great Britain) is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing or instances of abnormally low breathing, during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour.[1] Similarly, each abnormally low breathing event is called a hypopnea. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called a polysomnogram, or "sleep study". There are three forms of sleep apnea: central (CSA), obstructive (OSA), and complex or mixed sleep apnea (i.e., a combination of central and obstructive) constituting 0.4%, 84% and 15% of cases respectively.[2] In CSA, breathing is interrupted by a lack of respiratory effort; in OSA, breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow despite respiratory effort, and snoring is common. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstructive_sleep_apnea_syndrome |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MDR/10055577 |
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| definition |
Sleep apnea (or sleep apnoea in Great Britain) is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing or instances of abnormally low breathing, during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour.[1] Similarly, each abnormally low breathing event is called a hypopnea. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called a polysomnogram, or "sleep study". There are three forms of sleep apnea: central (CSA), obstructive (OSA), and complex or mixed sleep apnea (i.e., a combination of central and obstructive) constituting 0.4%, 84% and 15% of cases respectively.[2] In CSA, breathing is interrupted by a lack of respiratory effort; in OSA, breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow despite respiratory effort, and snoring is common. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstructive_sleep_apnea_syndrome |
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Sleep apnoea Sleep apnea OSAS |
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obstructive sleep apnea syndrome |
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20488281 |
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obstructive sleep apnea syndrome |
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