sleep apnea
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sleep apnea

A temporary suspension of breathing occurring repeatedly during sleep that often affects overweight people or those having an obstruction in the breathing tract, an abnormally small throat opening, or a neurological disorder.

sleep apnea

Apnea caused by upper airway obstruction during sleep, associated with frequent awakening and often with daytime sleepiness. It occurs most often in people who are obese or who have an obstructed respiratory tract or neurological abnormalities.

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sleep apnea - apnea that occurs during sleep

sleep disorder - a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern

cot death, crib death, infant death, SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome - sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

apnea - transient cessation of respiration

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apnea cot death crib death infant death palatopharyngoplasty PPP SIDS sleep disorder sudden infant death syndrome UPPP uvulopalatopharyngoplasty			INTRODUCTION Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is a common disease among adults and children, and it is characterized by recurrent complete or partial obstruction of the upper airways, mainly oropharynx, during sleep, deterioration of artery blood gas and increasing inspiratory effort to provide airway permanence [1]. Quality of life, frequency of anxiety and depression in obstructive ... by Sahbaz, Sibel; Itil, Oya; Inonu, Handan; Oztura, Ibrahim; Yemez, Beyazit; Baklan, Baris; Etikan, Ilk / Turkish Thoracic Journal Another 2% of young children will suffer from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), which is being recognized as a serious medical problem. Childhood Snoring by Lisa Moore / Family and marriage community ABSTRACT Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a syndrome defined frequently by decrease in arterial oxygen saturation and repeated upper airway obstruction episodes during sleep. Relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea and ... by Bayram, Nihal Akar; Ciftci, Bulent; Guven, Selma Firat; Bayram, Huseyin; Diker, Erdem / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)			obstetrician Obstetricious obstetrics Obstetricy obstinacy obstinance obstinate obstinately Obstination obstipate obstipation obstreperous obstreperously obstreperousness obstriction Obstringe obstruct obstructed Obstructer obstruction obstruction of justice obstructionism obstructionist obstructive obstructive shock Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome obstructively obstructiveness obstructor obstruent Obstupefaction Obstupefactive Obstupefy obtain obtainable Obtainer obtaining by deception Obtainment obtect Obtected obtemper Obtemperate Obtend Obtenebration Obtension obtention obtest Obtestation Obtrectation obtrude obtrude upon			obstructive ileus obstructive jaundice obstructive jaundice obstructive jaundice obstructive jaundice Obstructive laryngitis Obstructive laryngitis Obstructive laryngitis Obstructive Left Heart Syndrome Obstructive Lung Disease Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden Study obstructive murmur obstructive nephropathy obstructive nephropathy obstructive nephropathy obstructive pulmonary disease obstructive pulmonary disease obstructive pulmonary disease obstructive shock obstructive shock obstructive shock Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea Obstructive sleep apnea following pharyngeal flap surgery Obstructive sleep apnea following pharyngeal flap surgery Obstructive sleep apnea following pharyngeal flap surgery Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypoventilation Syndrome Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Obstructive sleep apnoea Obstructive sleep apnoea Obstructive sleep apnoea obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome Obstructive Sleep Disorder Obstructive Sleep Hypopnea Syndrome Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing obstructive small airways disease obstructive small airways disease obstructive small airways disease obstructive small airways disease obstructive thrombus obstructive urolithiasis obstructive urolithiasis obstructive urolithiasis obstructive urolithiasis obstructive uropathy obstructive uropathy obstructive uropathy obstructively obstructively obstructively obstructiveness obstructiveness obstructiveness obstructor obstructor obstructor obstructors obstructors

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sleep apnea (redirected from Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome)

sleep apnea
(redirected from Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome)