Sleep Medicine
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Years in practice, burnout risk linked in otolaryngology
CORONADO, CALIF. – “The people who tend to be the biggest concern are those 6-10 years into the field.”
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Socioeconomic status, race found to impact CPAP compliance
SAN DIEGO – Identifying patients at risk for noncompliance and treating comorbid symptoms could improve compliance to CPAP therapy.
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Nonsurgical OSA treatment ineffective in children with Down syndrome
CORONADO, CALIF. – OSA prevalence in children with Down syndrome is estimated to be between 30% and 70%.
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Asthma, obesity, and the risk for severe sleep apnea in children
CORONADO, CALIF. – The findings could pave the way for studies of asthma pharmacotherapy as a way to treat OSA in...
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AHA report highlights CVD burden, declines in smoking, sleep importance
Nearly half of Americans now have high blood pressure, in part due to the 2017 redefinition of hypertension.
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Mild OSA spontaneously resolves in about one-third of young children
The presence of laryngomalacia did not affect the rate of OSA resolution in this cohort of patients.
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Diagnosing OSA: Polysomnography beats Fitbit, apps
The device and applications universally overestimated sleep time and showed only moderate association between sleep efficiency and AHI...
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SNOT-22 may help identify patients with undiagnosed OSA
CORONADO, CALIF. – Finding underscores the overlap in symptoms between chronic rhinosinusitis and OSA.
From the Journals
New study determines factors that can send flu patients to the ICU
Patients with the flu sent to the ICU had a more frequent history of sleep apnea, MI, and a BMI greater than 30 g/m2.
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Too much, too little sleep linked to atherosclerosis
The sweet spot is 7-8 hours.