Sentences with phrase «common sleep apnea patient»

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«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.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, resulting in snoring and interrupting breathing, and it is common in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

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.

For example, evidence has existed for a number of years that sleep apnea, a sleep - related breathing disorder that is common in elderly patients and especially so in those who've had a stroke, is a risk factor for stroke, he said.

Although it's most common in obese patients, both thin and overweight people may also have sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is more common among cancer patients.