Personalised therapy in obstructive sleep apnea
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2019, Vol 117, Issue 7
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder mainly characterised by repetitive upper airway narrowing (hypopnea) and closure (apnea) during Sleep1. This leads to intermittent hypoxia, hypercapnia and frequent cortical arousals. Untreated OSA can adversely affect the cardiovascular system, neuro cognitive impairment, daytime sleepiness, and increase the risk for motor vehicle accidents2-5. Traditional therapy mainly targets anatomical problem irrespective of aetiology But this one size fit all approach is not effective in all patients and there is need to identify specify phenotype and accordingly treatment which is called personalised treatment. But still these phenotypes are not fully characterised.
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Deependra Kumar Rai
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