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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that occurs when the muscles in the throat relax too much during ...

In OSA, the normal flow of air is repeatedly ... and quality of sleep. During a polysomnography, you sleep overnight in a hospital or sleep center while connected to a variety of monitoring ...

All 20 patients who snored during colonoscopy and were evaluated by polysomnography had evidence of OSA compared with 4 of 18 controls. Moderate or severe OSA was revealed in 14 of the 20 snorers ...

The limitation of this approach is that it assumes that sleep laboratory-based polysomnography is the optimal approach for diagnosing sleep apnea. However, this is not completely true for several ...

Upper airway blockage during sleep can lead to episodes of interrupted breathing Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD ...

* 8 patients with oxygen saturation < 80% dropped from the home diagnosis group. F : Female; OSA : Obstructive sleep apnea; PSG : Polysomnography; BMI : Body mass index; CPAP : Continuous positive ...