Apnea that occurs during sleep may be one of two types: central or obstructive. In central
apnea, all breathing efforts cease. In the obstructive type, breathing efforts are ineffective in …

That disorders of breathing during sleep are common is increasingly evident as both
clinicians and investigators have become acutely cognizant of nocturnal respiratory events …

Over the past 15 years, the recognition of the sleep apnea syndrome and its wide spectrum
of severity has stimulated much research into the pathogenesis of the disorder. It has …

Sleep-disordered breathing constitutes an important health problem with significant
morbidity and mortality. There are two types of sleep apnea: obstructive and central, based …

The sleep apnea syndromes comprise the single most common diagnosis in contemporary
sleep disorder centers. Although there has been a resurgence of interest in this area in …

T he syndrome of sleep apnea has been described through-out the ages, dating at least to
descriptions of Dionysius the Tyrant in the fourth century BC. It is only recently that scientific …

Several conditions can cause disorders of respiration during sleep. These include
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea, and hypoventilation syndromes. Apnea …

Breathing and sleeping are two very basic processes. If you stop breathing for more than a
few minutes, life itself stops. Sleep is a little more forgiving, but if you stop sleeping, or fail to …

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Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder characterized by repetitive collapse of the
pharyngeal airway during sleep. The disorder results primarily from an anatomically small …