Science news articles about 'osa patients'

... during sleep, caused by a temporary, partial, or complete blockage in the airway. The prevalence of OSA in patients with dementia has been estimated to be as high as 70 to 80 percent. "Although it ...

... driving task. Driver sleepiness is already known to contribute to about one in three car accidents, and OSA patients are known to be at greater risk. However, the extent to which OSA exacerbates the ...

... than 50 percent of non-obese OSA patients had mild OSA, suggesting that in-lab polysmonography ... collected from a total of 28,583 polysomnograms from patients 18 years or older between 2004 and 2008 ...

... daytime sleepiness - these complaints are important symptoms of OSA. Results indicate that good adherence to CPAP ... cause of sleepiness." The study involved 313 OSA patients with an average age of 54.7 ...

... fitness and muscle strength, which is important in obese OSA patients; however, diet and exercise alone ... program. Participants had mild to moderate OSA, were obese with an average body mass index (BMI ...

... 18. The study included 394 consecutive patients with high blood pressure and non-sleepy ... further study of the cardiovascular benefits of CPAP in OSA patients. “In the future, we would like to know ...

... Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA one year after undergoing bariatric ...

... compared to control subjects without OSA." The difference in arterial stiffness between OSA patients and control subjects, Dr. Kohler said was "comparable in size to the effect seen after four weeks' ...

... interrelationships. Results show that the number of cases of OSA peaks between the ages of 0-4 years, ... gender groups," Chow said. Findings indicate that OSA patients are high users of health-care ...

... of medications that were not adjusted after assessment. According to the authors, research has shown that some OSA patients have residual hypersomnia despite adequate CPAP therapy, which may ...

... sleep, more severe sleep apnea, high blood pressure and an increased risk of prevalent strokes. Therefore, OSA patients who are at increased risk for high blood pressure may be ...