Detecting obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Chakravorty, Triya; Konar, Niladri; Chakravorty, Indranil
- Source
- Practitioner; Oct2019, Vol. 263 Issue 1830, p11-15, 5p
- Subject
- SLEEP
SLEEP interruptions
MEDICAL students
CONTINUOUS positive airway pressure
- Language
- ISSN
- 00326518
The article offers information on the ways to that helps in detecting obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea (OSAHS) syndrome. It mentions OSAHS characterised by repeated episodes of partial or complete collapse of the upper respiratory passages during sleep and highlights the role of nocturnal events in the pathophysiology of OSAHS-induced morbidity including cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and metabolic complications.