Background Evaluation and interpretation of the literature on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
allows for consolidation and determination of the key factors important for clinical …

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome
(OSAHS) have long been considered predominantly male-related conditions. The clinical …

Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with hypertension. Objectives: We
aimed to quantify the independent association of OSA during REM sleep with prevalent and …

Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during REM sleep is a common disorder. Data on
whether OSA that occurs predominantly during REM sleep is associated with health …

The International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Second Edition (ICSD-2) classifies sleep-
related breathing disorders into 3 basic categories: central sleep apnea syndrome …

Purpose Due to inconsistent definitions used in the literature, the prevalence of rapid eye
movement (REM)-related sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been quite variable and its …

This review aimed to examine the relationship between surgical weight loss and obstructive
sleep apnoea (OSA) severity (ie, apnoea-hypopnoea index [AHI]), and how this relationship …

SLEEP, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2012 5 Commentary—Mokhlesi and Punjabi combination of both.
Second, estimates of the AHIREM/AHINREM ratio can be highly imprecise, particularly if no …

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was discovered nearly 60 years ago. This stage of sleep
accounts for approximately a quarter of total sleep time in healthy adults, and it is mostly …

These findings have significant clinical implications for the duration of continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) use that is needed to decrease the health risks associated with …