Metrics of sleep apnea severity: beyond the apnea-hypopnea index

A Malhotra, I Ayappa, N Ayas, N Collop, D Kirsch… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is thought to affect almost 1 billion people worldwide. OSA
has well established cardiovascular and neurocognitive sequelae, although the optimal …

On the rise and fall of the apnea− hypopnea index: A historical review and critical appraisal

DA Pevernagie, B Gnidovec‐Strazisar… - Journal of sleep …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The publication of “The Sleep Apnea Syndromes” by Guilleminault et al. in the
1970s hallmarked the discovery of a new disease entity involving serious health …

Sleep apnea–specific hypoxic burden, symptom subtypes, and risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality

W Trzepizur, M Blanchard, T Ganem… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Data from population-based cohorts suggest that symptom subtypes and
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)–specific hypoxic burden (HB) could help to better identify …

Global burden of sleep‐disordered breathing and its implications

MM Lyons, NY Bhatt, AI Pack, UJ Magalang - Respirology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One‐seventh of the world's adult population, or approximately one billion people, are
estimated to have OSA. Over the past four decades, obesity, the main risk factor for OSA, has …

Obstructive sleep apnea: current perspectives

AM Osman, SG Carter, JC Carberry… - Nature and science of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) continues to rise. So too do the health,
safety, and economic consequences. On an individual level, the causes and consequences …

Symptom subtypes of obstructive sleep apnea predict incidence of cardiovascular outcomes

DR Mazzotti, BT Keenan, DC Lim… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Symptom subtypes have been described in clinical and population samples of
patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It is unclear whether these subtypes have …

Prevalence and association analysis of obstructive sleep apnea with gender and age differences–Results of SHIP‐Trend

I Fietze, N Laharnar, A Obst, R Ewert… - Journal of sleep …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Identification of obstructive sleep apnea and risk factors is important for reduction in
symptoms and cardiovascular risk, and for improvement of quality of life. The population …

Associations of obstructive sleep apnea with atrial fibrillation and continuous positive airway pressure treatment: a review

D Linz, RD McEvoy, MR Cowie, VK Somers… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common clinically significant
breathing abnormality during sleep. It is highly prevalent among patients with atrial …

Upper airway stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea: 5-year outcomes

BT Woodson, KP Strohl, RJ Soose… - … –Head and Neck …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To present 5-year outcomes from a prospective cohort of patients with obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) who were treated with upper airway stimulation (UAS) via a unilateral …

Challenges and perspectives in obstructive sleep apnoea: report by an ad hoc working group of the Sleep Disordered Breathing Group of the European Respiratory …

W Randerath, CL Bassetti… - European respiratory …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a major challenge for physicians and healthcare systems
throughout the world. The high prevalence and the impact on daily life of OSA oblige …