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Emerging issues in sleep‐disordered breathing
Author(s) -
Olson Leslie G,
King Madelaine T,
Saunders Nicholas A,
Hensley Michael J
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124861.x
Subject(s) - sleep disordered breathing , breathing , sleep (system call) , sleep and breathing , medicine , audiology , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , psychiatry , obstructive sleep apnea , computer science , operating system
Community studies of problems with breathing during sleep suggest that sleep‐disordered breathing is a better general term than sleep apnoea. Male sex, increasing age and increasing neck size are the main factors differentiating people with from those without sleep‐disordered breathing. The contribution of sleep‐disordered breathing to morbidity has not been established. Future research should address the possible cardiovascular associations of sleep‐disordered breathing, its impact on sleepiness in the community, and the cost‐effectiveness of treatment.