Sentences with phrase «for sleep apnea patients»

Genworth Life is among the industry leaders when it comes to the company's liberal underwriting for sleep apnea patients.

For sleep apnea patients, says Hermann, that means being prescribed a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.

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TORONTO, May 16, 2017 — An at - home sleep apnea test will be available to Ontario patients for the first time as the result of a unique MaRS program.

While some over-the-counter mouthpieces are available online and in stores, it is best to have them specially constructed by a dentist who has experience treating sleep apnea and who will customize the mouthpiece for each patient.

who has experience treating sleep apnea and who will customize the mouthpiece for each patient.

«Until we have further evidence on the efficacy of medical cannabis for the treatment of sleep apnea, and until its safety profile is established, patients should discuss proven treatment options with a licensed medical provider at an accredited sleep facility,» said lead author Dr. Kannan Ramar, professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

To investigate, researchers led by Roberto Pisoni, MD (Medical University of South Carolina) analyzed information on 56 patients with diabetes and CKD who had undergone screening for obstructive sleep apnea through the use of a questionnaire.

«This study shows that a high - risk score for obstructive sleep apnea is common in non-dialysis CKD patients with diabetic nephropathy and is associated with more rapid loss of renal function,» the investigators concluded.

Often mistaken for snoring, sleep apnea patients choke or gasp during sleep when the airway involuntarily tightens.

The Hospital for Special Surgery study is the first to provide evidence that an intervention during surgery can improve outcomes in patients with sleep apnea who often fare worse than patients without this condition.

However, breathing abnormalities may not be the only reasons for increased risk of complications — many sleep apnea patients suffer from cardiovascular problems as well that may worsen surrounding surgery,» Dr. Memtsoudis explained.

A companion report was also released, titled «In an age of constant activity, the solution to improving the nation's health may lie in helping it sleep better,» which summarizes the results of an online survey completed by patients currently being treated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

«Clinical trial underway to evaluate upper airway stimulation therapy for sleep apnea in adolescent patients with Down Syndrome.»

People with MS face an elevated risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder in which the throat collapses during sleep, causing the patient to repeatedly stop breathing for periods of 10 seconds or longer throughout the night.

«Patients often report that they feel like a new person after receiving treatment for sleep apnea,» said Chervin.

To determine whether sleep apnea is linked to the development of pneumonia, Taiwanese researchers followed 34 100 patients (6816 who had sleep apnea and 27 284 controls) for 11 years.

«What comes with sleep apnea are these changes in the brain, so in addition to prescribing continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP — a machine used to help an individual sleep easier, which is the gold standard treatment for sleep disturbance — physicians now know to pay attention to helping their patients who have these other symptoms,» Macey said.

Now, the researchers will replicate their findings in a larger sample of MS patients, and treat those patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP), the first - line treatment for OSA.

Current apnea treatments, such as the use of continuous positive airway pressure (C - PAP) while sleeping, are difficult for many patients to maintain and provide only limited benefits.

«This study, for the first time, shows that the use of regional anesthesia improves outcomes in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint arthroplasty.

The companion report was based on a survey of 506 patients who are currently being treated for obstructive sleep apnea.

Currently, up to 25 % of patients presenting for surgery in the United States have sleep apnea.

Professor Abraham concluded: «All heart failure patients should be screened for sleep apnea and those with OSA should be offered a mask based therapy.

Similarly, only half of the patients with OSA were categorized as being at high risk for OSA on the Berlin Questionnaire, a sleep apnea screening tool, suggesting that these validated tools in the general population may not be useful for patients with cardiovascular diseases.

«Based on our findings, future studies are warranted to evaluate the utility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.»

Dr. Joshua H. Atkins and Dr. Jeff E. Mandel of the University of Pennsylvania and their colleagues have developed a new «ramp control» anesthetic technique for putting patients to sleep briefly - just enough to show the «obstructive anatomy» responsible for sleep apnea.

By simplifying the steps to anesthesia administration, the researchers believe their simplified approach will help to make DISE more widely available for evaluation of patients being considered for sleep apnea surgery.

STATUS: An initial laboratory trial has shown ApneaApp to be just as effective as hooking up patients to tracking instruments in a sleep clinic, the most common way to screen for apnea.

«There is no perfect treatment option for obstructive sleep apnea, but our preliminary data suggest that hypoglossal nerve stimulation can effectively treat patients with sleep apnea who are unable to tolerate CPAP.»

The researchers evaluated their anesthetic technique in 97 patients participating in a study of robot - assisted surgery for severe sleep apnea.

Total apnea - hypopnea index (AHI)-- which measures severity of sleep apnea by counting the number of pauses in breathing during sleep — for all patients significantly decreased an average of 35 events per hour after the device was planted, which corresponds to an average reduction of 84 percent.

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The study group comprised 426 new patients referred to a hospital sleep center for evaluation of suspected sleep apnea, including 243 males and 183 females.

Results show that there was a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressures among sleep apnea patients who were compliant with CPAP therapy for three months.

However, clinically significant depressive symptoms remained in only 4 percent of the sleep apnea patients who adhered to CPAP therapy for 3 months (9 of 228 patients).

For most sleep apnea patients, doctors suggest treatment with a CPAP machine, which blows air continuously through the nose all night long.

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«Stroke patients should be diagnosed for sleep apnea and also treated, which is not systematically done,» he said.

Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is the most recommended treatment for sleep apnea, David is among a small percentage of patients who can't get used to the device.

(STEVE POSIN) For patients who are suspected to have obstructive sleep apnea, it's important to be tested and begin treatment as soon as possible.

For my patients, when we deal with the individual root mechanisms of their poor sleep and low energy, they're able to reverse sleep disorders and sleep apnea sustainably.

The patients were an average of 67 years old, white and 54 % women, and had overnight in - hospital tests for sleep apnea.

According to a study, obstructive sleep apnea patients sleep better following surgery for improving their breathing and are therefore less drowsy throughout the day.

Patients with sleep apnea will stop breathing for brief periods as they sleep, often leading them to choke or cough as they catch their breath.

CPAP is the most effective treatment for sleep apnea, but about 25 % of patients are unable to tolerate the device.

Dr. Shives is hopeful that drug therapies that target the brain's neurotransmitters may hold promise for patients with sleep apnea.

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They recommend that physicians should screen transplant patients for obstructive sleep apnea and offer appropriate treatment,» the study authors concluded.