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Aug
23
2008

Regular sleepiness may be sleep apnea

This entry was posted by on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 9:02 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Excessive Sleepiness, Top News.

Repetitive blockages of the airway, called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), can reduce airflow, or cause breathing to stop. When this happens, frequent brief awakenings can leave a person feeling excessively sleepy during the day, even though they believe they have had a full night’s sleep. More serious consequences, including obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes — are often related to OSA.

Primary care physicians must be able to recognize symptoms of OSA and counsel their patients to provide optimal treatment.

To make clinicians aware of the importance of proper diagnosis and management of OSA, the , a peer-reviewed journal, published a 32-page supplement in August 2008, . This multi-authored supplement discusses recognition of OSA, its economic and societal burden, clinical consequences, and treatment options.

The supplement was published with additional funding provided by .

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants can find this supplement on , an online resource for advanced practice clinicians.

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~~ Apnea in United States ~~

As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.

~~ Apnea around the world ~~

As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
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