On the cutting edge of obstructive sleep apnoea: where next?

A Malhotra, JE Orr, RL Owens - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2015 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common disease that is now more widely recognised
because of the rise in prevalence and the increasingly compelling data that shows major …

[HTML][HTML] Focus: health equity: gender issues in obstructive sleep apnea

JH Geer, J Hilbert - The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obstructive sleep apnea has historically been considered a male disease. Although most
studies have shown male predominance, obstructive sleep apnea is highly prevalent in …

Pharmacotherapy for obstructive sleep apnea: targeting specific pathophysiological traits

E Perger, S Bertoli, C Lombardi - Expert Review of Respiratory …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is multi-factorial and
complex. Varying OSA's pathophysiological traits have been identified, including pharyngeal …

Targeted hypoglossal nerve stimulation for patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized clinical trial

AR Schwartz, O Jacobowitz, DW Eisele… - … –Head & Neck …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Evidence is lacking from randomized clinical trials of hypoglossal nerve
stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Objective To evaluate the safety and …

Impact of body mass index and discomfort on upper airway stimulation: ADHERE registry 2020 update

MV Suurna, A Steffen, M Boon, E Chio… - The …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis To provide the ADHERE registry Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS)
outcomes update, including analyses grouped by body mass index (BMI) and therapy …

Outcomes of upper airway stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea in a multicenter German postmarket study

C Heiser, JT Maurer, B Hofauer… - … –Head and Neck …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Selective stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve is a new surgical therapy for
obstructive sleep apnea, with proven efficacy in well-designed clinical trials. The aim of the …

Upper airway stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea: self-reported outcomes at 24 months

RJ Soose, BT Woodson, MB Gillespie… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - jcsm.aasm.org
Objectives: To evaluate the long-term (24-mo) effect of cranial nerve upper airway
stimulation (UAS) therapy on patient-centered obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) outcome …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep apnea, hypertension and the sympathetic nervous system in the adult population

S Venkataraman, S Vungarala, N Covassin… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sleep apnea is very common in patients with cardiovascular disease, especially in patients
with hypertension. Over the last few decades a number of discoveries have helped support a …

[HTML][HTML] Obstructive sleep apnea

JM Slowik, A Sankari, JF Collen - StatPearls [Internet], 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea. Review the
presentation of a patient with obstructive sleep apnea. Summarize the treatment options for …

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: patient selection and new perspectives

PM Baptista, A Costantino, A Moffa… - Nature and science of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) is an increasingly widespread OSA treatment. It is a
non-anatomical modifying surgery able to achieve an adequate objective and subjective …