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Is sleep apnea-hypopnea index relevant for impaired brain perfusion and desaturation in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndromes?
2020-10-20
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common sleep disorder with the prevalence of 9-38% in the general population. Severe OSAS defined as apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 30/h is a major risk factor for developing cerebro-cardiovascular diseases like stroke. Treatments such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy are recommended for those patients because untreated OSA can cau...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e40d58a6-eb37-5980-b105-21ab18f295fb
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.10.14.20212639
