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Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing or instances of abnormally low breathing, during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. Similarly, each abnormally low breathing event is called a hypopnea. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called a polysomnogram, or "sleep study". There are three forms of sleep apnea: central (CSA), obstructive (OSA), and complex or mixed sleep apnea (i.e. , a combination of central and obstructive) constituting 0...
Sleep apnea - List of case studies
- Hypertensive Patient with mostly uncontrolled Blood Pressure
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Sleep apnea which is being mentioned only by the way. I have not seen ... Pheochromocytoma , Hyperaldosteronism , Sleep apnea, hypertensive crisis , tachycardia , Disautonomic ...
- Vitamin D Abnormality / Parathyroid Hormone Abnormality
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high blood pressure, episodes of transient syncope, and sleep apnea. In the expert's opinion frequent changes and discontinuations of drugs ...
- List of Symptoms
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Anomic aphasia Anxiety Apathy Apnea Appearing red Appetite increasing Area of induration ... Decreasing of sexual desire Deep asthenia Deep sleep Deficient taste and swallowing Deficit in motility Deficit ...
- End Stage Renal Disease
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well and asymptomatic. He has been found to suffer from sleep apnea in a sleep laboratory , and recommended to use CPAP , but he ...