Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Oral Appliances
Journal Title: Epidemiology – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Central sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repetitive cessation or decrease of both airflow and respiratory effort during sleep.1 Conversely, in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) there is a respiratory effort against a closed upper airway evidencing that patients who suffer from OSA have anatomic/functional deficits in the upper airways.2 When associated with clinical signs and symptoms such as excessive daytime sleepiness, cognitive deficit, decreased quality of life (QoL) and increased cardiovascular morbidity it is called obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).3-5
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Ana Paula Hermont
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