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Wednesday, November, 11, 2009

Zolpidem, Complex Sleep Apnea And Central Sleep Apnea

Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Apnea Highlights

Highlights


Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease

  • Sleep apnea can increase the risk of stroke, even if patients do not have high blood pressure. A 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) suggested that patients with obstructive sleep apnea are twice as likely to have strokes as patients without apnea. The more severe the sleep apnea, the greater the risk.
  • Many patients with heart failure also suffer from sleep apnea. Another 2005 NEJM study found that continuous positive airway pressure (CP...
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Health Guide

Insomnia: Highlights
...(Halcion). The FDA warned these medicines may be associated with potentially severe allergic reactions and complex sleep-related behaviors, such as driving while asleep. Patients who take sleeping... Read more »
Sleep Apnea: Prognosis
PrognosisSleep apnea has a strong association with several diseases, particularly those related to the heart and circulation.Adverse Effects of Sleep Apnea on Heart and CirculationResearchers are... Read more »
Sleep Apnea: Lifestyle Changes
Sleeping on the back causes sleep apnea in about half of all people with mild sleep apnea. Body position greatly affects the number and severity of episodes of obstructive sleep... Read more »
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Other Disorders Associated with ADHD
...treated separately.Conduct DisorderSome children with ADHD also have conduct disorder, which describes a complex group of behavioral and emotional disturbances seen in children. It includes... Read more »
Sleep Apnea: Introduction
Sleep apnea is a disorder in which a person stops breathing during the night, perhaps hundreds of times, usually for periods of 10 seconds or longer and sometimes for as long as a minute.... Read more »

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