… airflow reduction (hypopnea) or cessation (apnea) due to upper airway collapse during sleep.
… This review provides practical information for physicians assessing patients with OSAHS. It …

… Apnea refers to a pause in respiration for more than 10 seconds and is seen in both central
sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). They are differentiated by a lack of …

… Increasingly, pulmonologists are called on to assist in the evaluation and treatment of
patients with suspected sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (SAHS). In that role, they are asked to …

… Classification of Sleep Disorders, Second Edition (ICSD-2) classifies sleep-related … sleep
apnea syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome, and sleep-related hypoventilation/…

… literature regarding the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
(OSAHS). We address the concept of the disease and the influence of sleep on respiration, as …

… as treatment for obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). … (CPAP) therapy
and, therefore, seek surgical correction to alleviate the symptoms and sequelae of the disease. …

… ) of airways during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome affects mainly obese
individuals and it is defined by an apnea-hypopnea index of five or more episodes per hour …

… for obstructive apnea syndrome, central apnea syndrome, sleep hypoventilation syndrome
… under the common denominator of "sleep-disordered breathing syndrome". The definition of …

… Obesity hypoventilation syndrome and Cheyne-Stokes respiration are sleep respiratory
disorders … and pulmonary disease in obstructive sleep apnea patients on nasal CPAP treatment. …

… There is still no final agreement on the definitions to be used to describe patients with the
OSAHS syndrome. From a practical point of view, we have to focus on patients that need …