Sentences with phrase «apnea who»

Women are less likely to have sleep apnea, and the fact that you don't snore is a good sign — although we have seen people with severe apnea who don't snore at all.

Children with obstructive sleep apnea who had a common surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids showed notable improvements in behavior, quality of life and other symptoms compared to those treated with «watchful waiting» and supportive care, according to a new study.

«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 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.

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According to Young's Supreme Court petition, her manager told her that UPS offered light duty to workers who sustained on - the - job injuries, employees with ailments covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act, and those who had lost Department of Transportation certification because of physical aliments like sleep apnea; not — the manager said — to pregnant workers.

For many years it was believed that apparent life - threatening events were the predecessors of SIDS, and home apnea monitors were used as a strategy for preventing SIDS.329 However, there is no evidence that home monitors are effective for this purpose.330, — , 333 The task force concurs with the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn, which has recommended that infant home monitoring not be used as a strategy to prevent SIDS, although it can be useful for some infants who have had an apparent life - threatening event.334

Apnea and death are often the result in babies who are born to smoking mothers or to mothers who have had exposure to second - hand smoking.

At this point, caffeine is not considered to be incompatible with breastfeeding, and can actually stimulate babies who are at risk of apnea.

If your baby is one of the rare babies who has apnea related to reflux, you may need to take home an apnea monitor to keep your baby safe.

In addition, babies who were born early have a greater risk of oxygen desaturation, apnea, and bradycardia than full - term babies.

It is even prescribed for premature babies who have apnea and bradycardia.

It depends on what the apneas are thought to be useful for, who recommended them, and whether the problem they are attempting to eliminate has been shown by good science to be effectively improved or prevented by that particular monitor.

In general, school - aged children who get enough sleep don't fall asleep during the day, unless they have a sleep disorder (like sleep apnea).

The monitor helps babies who have sleep apnea.

Researchers have found that children aged 3, who as premature babies have several episodes of apnea and bradycardia, have lower scores in developmental tests than their peers.

They are not recommended for teens between the ages of 12 and 18 who are obese or have breathing problems such as sleep apnea or severe lung disease.

«We believe that in addition, babies who are at risk for SIDS also have a greater tendency to have apneas and have more severe, longer lasting apneas.

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.

We specialize in labor support for VBACs, cesarean prevention, and postpartum care of multiples, preemies, babies with special needs such as reflux or apnea, breastfeeding, mothers who are experiencing perinatal or postpartum mental / emotional challenges, and are familiar with a wide range of other family dynamics and needs.

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

First - time parents; Parents of multiples; Cesarean section birth / recovery; Families with little local support; Women who want to breastfeed; Families with other young children; Women at risk for or experiencing postpartum depression & anxiety; Premature births / babies on apnea monitors; Women who have experienced difficult deliveries; Babies with colic or reflux;, Families with high anxiety levels; Babies with special needs; New parents with limited experience with newborns; Women who have been on bed rest throughout pregnancy; New parents with no family nearby.

Recently Journal Sleep showed that children who have siblings with obstructive sleep apnea disorder are at increased risk of developing sleep apnea.

Pregnant women who are diagnosed with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia appear to be at risk of delivering their babies before reaching full term, according to an analysis of California births by researchers at UC San Francisco.

The retrospective cohort study used records from Taiwan's single - payer National Health Insurance program to track treatment of 1,377 people who were diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea between 2000 and 2008.

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.

«Hypertensive pregnant women who report snoring should be evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea since sleep apnea can be treated during pregnancy,» says O'Brien, who is also a member of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

This will allow us to research obstructive sleep apnea in pregnant women more effectively, and to develop and implement more effective treatments,» said co-author Dr. Suzanne Karan, a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical Center who is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of the Anesthesiology Respiratory Physiology Laboratory at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

The NIH also sets a BMI threshold of 35 for those who have already begun to experience weight - related health conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol and heart disease.

Those who hit this level were much more likely to report that they'd stopped taking medication to control high blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol, and achieved remission of an obesity - linked breathing condition called sleep apnea.

Research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered that patients who suffer from both Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea are at greater risk of developing a condition that leads to blindness within an average period of less than four years.

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.

They also calculated that diagnosing and treating every patient in the U.S. who has sleep apnea would produce an annual economic savings of $ 100.1 billion.

«Our goal was to identify the circuitry responsible for waking the brain up during sleep apnea, which is distinct from the part of the brain that controls breathing,» said Saper, who is also the James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.

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

One shirt made by VivoMetrics is used to track the state of people who suffer from sleep apnea, and the same technology could readily be adapted as a sensor for sleeping infants to help avoid sudden infant death syndrome.

People who felt their lives had meaning were 63 percent less likely to have sleep apnea and 52 percent less likely to have restless leg syndrome.

In a landmark 2007 study, they performed tonsillectomies on 26 kids with OSA who showed signs of vascular dysfunction; after the operations cured their sleep apnea, arterial tissue returned to normal in 20 of the patients.

Gozal, then director of sleep medicine at Tulane University, took 297 New Orleans first - graders who were performing poorly at school and screened them for apnea.

«It's long been believed that sleep apnea increases the rate of death,» says David Schulman, an assistant professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta who wasn't involved in the study, noting that those with apnea are more likely to have high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol.

About 54 % had mild - to - moderate sleep apnea, and 25 % had moderate - to - severe sleep apnea, which was assessed by a sleep study among those who did not have a previous diagnosis of sleep apnea.

The authors even excluded those who, during the study, sought treatment for sleep apnea.

At age 11, 142 children living in Australia who had been part of the international Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity randomized controlled trial had their expiratory flow rates measured.

Although sleep apnea and other conditions can make for low - quality sleep, which can then also lead to heart disease, Mehra suggests that there is ample data that show people who began as normal weight and healthy but did not get enough sleep, over time developed worse health outcomes.

University of Adelaide researchers have found that men who consume diets high in fat are more likely to feel sleepy during the day, to report sleep problems at night, and are also more likely to suffer from sleep apnea.

Obstructive sleep apnea was first referenced in 1836 in Charles Dickens» Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, which told of a child, Joe the Fat Boy, who snored at night and was sleepy all day, explains Stanford sleep specialist and historian Rafael Pelayo.

Temporary spells of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome may also occur in individuals who are under the influence of a drug (such as alcohol) that may relax their body tone excessively and interfere with normal arousal from sleep mechanisms.

In many cases, children who snore are perfectly healthy, but about 1 percent of children who snore have obstructive sleep apnea.

About half of the people who snore loudly have sleep apnea, according to the National Sleep Foundation.

It can cut the number of severe apnea events to fewer than five an hour, on average, but only in patients who stick with it.)