Sentences with phrase «sleep apnea patients sleep»

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

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That's why it is estimated that more than 40 percent of sleep apnea patients refuse to wear the device.

Breakthroughs in everything from patient monitoring to sleep apnea are coming from Silicon Valley and could dramatically shift the current paradigm.

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.

But sleep apnea patients are also more likely to suffer dangerous health problems, and they are at greater risk of dying while they sleep.

Physiologic studies also have shown that healthy infants are able to protect their airways and do not have increased apnea when placed supine.20 Meyers and Herbst21 showed that the amount of gastroesophageal reflux in healthy patients was not significantly affected by changes in sleep position.

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.

«Osteoporosis risk heightened among sleep apnea patients.»

Sleep apnea may accelerate kidney function decline in diabetic patients with kidney disease, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11 - 16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA..

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.

To qualify, patients must be an acceptable surgical risk and be defined as either severely obese with a BMI of 40 or greater or have a BMI of 35 or greater with at least one related condition: diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity - related cardiomyopathy or heart muscle disease or severe joint disease.

«We believe that by treating or stopping obstructive sleep apnea progression, we will not only improve patients» quality of life, but also delay health issues related to aging.»

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

More unexpected, researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison uncovered a link between sleep apnea and cancer mortality: Cancer deaths among patients with severe apnea were five times higher than among those without.

He also plans a multicenter / multinational study of patients with melanoma or other types of cancer, to examine the effect of long - term CPAP therapy on those also diagnosed with sleep apnea.

The researchers found that patients diagnosed with the most aggressive cancers had higher prevalence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea.

In terms of diagnosis, doctors and patients may attribute daytime tiredness to «just being pregnant» rather than to sleep apnea.

A U-M pilot study published in Sleep is the first to find an association between sleep apnea severity and cognitive dysfunction in patients witSleep is the first to find an association between sleep apnea severity and cognitive dysfunction in patients witsleep apnea severity and cognitive dysfunction in patients with MS.

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.

«Before this study, the recommendation to use neuraxial anesthesia in sleep apnea patients was based on no scientific foundation,» said Dr. Memtsoudis.

The new clinical trial, led by Braley and funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, will investigate whether cognitive function in MS patients improves when sleep apnea is treated.

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.

«The high quality, patient - centered care provided by board - certified sleep medicine physicians can significantly reduce the health and economic burdens of sleep apnea,» said AASM President Dr. Ronald Chervin.

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).

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.

«Normally, patients with sleep apnea stop breathing when they are sleeping.

The researchers identified 30,024 patients with sleep apnea undergoing these procedures whose medical records included information on the type of anesthesia used during the surgery.

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

«Since obstructive sleep apnea is a treatable condition that is also commonly seen in MS, we wondered, «What if some of the thinking and processing difficulties that MS patients experience do not stem directly from the MS itself, but from the effects of sleep apnea or other sleep problems?»»

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.

In 2006, the ASA released guidelines recommending the use of regional anesthesia, when possible, in patients with sleep apnea undergoing surgery to reduce the use of systemic opioids.

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.

Many years ago clinicians began noticing that patients with sleep apnea were at an increased risk of developing complications after operations.

The researchers say the results may apply to patients with sleep apnea undergoing surgeries such as prostatectomies and hysterectomies, and this is an area currently being investigated.

«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.

Without favorable options to turn to and with the threat of cardiovascular issues like high blood pressure and heart disease if sleep apnea is left untreated, physicians and patients» families are sometimes left with the difficult decision to resort to life - altering tracheostomies, if the obstruction is severe enough to be unsafe.

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.

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.

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.

In future studies, the researchers hope to determine whether treating the sleep apnea — using CPAP or other methods — returns patients» brain chemicals back to normal levels.

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.

In the study, 73 adult patients with moderate or severe sleep apnea were divided into three groups.

«Our results also demonstrated an exposure - response relation in that patients with more severe sleep apnea may have a higher risk of pneumonia than patients with sleep apnea of milder severity.»

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