Sentences with phrase «sleep apnea severity»

Individuals having severe sleep apnea were more prone to experience silent strokes and also the degree sleep apnea severity elevated the chance of being disabled when discharged from hospital.

Sleep apnea severity was assessed with the apnea - hypopnea index (AHI), which indicates severity based on the number of apneas (complete cessation of airflow) and hypopneas (partial cessation of airflow) per hour of sleep.

«Multiple measures of sleep apnea severity directly correlated with poorer performance on several cognitive tests,» said co-first author Anna Kratz, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

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

«Although evidence suggesting the presence of cognitive deficits in children with sleep apnea has been around for quite some time,» said Leila Gozal, MD, MSc, from the University of Chicago, «the relatively small groups studied made it difficult to demonstrate a strong relationship between increasing cognitive issues and increasing sleep apnea severity.»

«As sleep apnea severity increases so do the learning challenges in kids.»

Not exact matches

«Vitamin D deficiency does not increase risk and severity of obstructive sleep apnea.»

A recent study of elderly men found no evidence that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increased in severity (or prevalence) as a result of vitamin D deficiency.

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

«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.»

The authors state, «We believe a revision of the operative definition of OSA may be necessary, to reflect not simply the frequency of apneas and hypopneas, but the actual physiologic consequences that result — the severity of oxygen desaturation, sleep fragmentation, sleep deprivation and sympathetic activation.

The overall prevalence of OSA was 45 %, and 21.8 % of the study subjects had severe OSA, as assessed with the apnea - hypopnea index (AHI), which indicates OSA severity based on the number of apneas (complete cessation of airflow) and hypopneas (partial cessation of airflow) per hour of sleep.

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.

A recent study by Drs. Thaler, O'Malley, Weinstein and other colleagues at Penn found that the TORS approach achieved a significant reduction in the apnea - hypopnea index (AHI)(an index used to assess the severity of sleep apnea), a significant improvement in minimum arterial oxygen saturation (the amount of oxygen in your blood that maintains healthy organ functioning), and a significant improvement in daytime drowsiness in patients.

«You don't have to be overweight to have sleep apnea, but if you are, sometimes losing at least 10 % of your body weight can reduce the severity of your sleep apnea,» Harris says.

The best treatment for obstructive sleep apnea depends on a number of factors, including the severity of your problem, the physical structure of your upper airway, other medical problems you may have, as well as your personal preference.

The outcomes of this small sample did indicate an improvement while in one stage of sleep for those who have sleep apnea, yet it didn't show a general improvement in severity of the disorder.

Pamidi S, Aronsohn RS, Tasali E. Obstructive sleep apnea: role in the risk and severity of diabetes.

For those with Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, using functional medicine strategies to manage your autoimmune thyroid condition are additionally a vital piece of the puzzle to reducing the severity of snoring and sleep apnea.

Making healthy changes to your diet, exercising regularly and making an effort to lose weight may improve your ability to sleep and may lessen the severity of sleep apnea.

For sleep apnea In the (not - too - near) pipeline: The severity of sleep apnea might be related to levels of omega - 3 fatty acids in the body, researchers from the University of Missouri in Kansas City reported in a 2008 study.

As mentioned above, the type of sleep apnea you have along with its severity greatly affects your chances of qualifying for life insurance.

Underwriting of sleep apnea for life insurance depends on severity, mild, moderate or severe, and compliance with treatment as measured by a sleep study