Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Wake Up Dad
- showed symptoms
- KAMAL FEELING SLEEPY
- differential diagnosis
- diabetes
- OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
- sleep disorder that causes breathing to
repeatedly stop and start during sleep
- Moderate OSA- The sufferer
experiences 15-30 episodes of
interruptions in breathing in an hour.
- Severe OSA- The sufferer experiences
30 or more interruptions in breathing
in an hour.
- the muscles in
the back of the
throat relax too
much to allow
normal
breathing
- Mild OSA- The sufferer experiences
5-14 episodes of interruptions in
breathing in an hour.
- causes
- structural features that give rise to a
narrowed airway.
- old age
- (natural or premature) brain injury
- (temporary or permanent) decreased muscle
- tone (drugs or alcohol) increased soft tissue
- around the airway (sometimes due to obesity
- central apnea
- Parkinson's disease
- Medical conditions that
affect the brain stem
- infection and stroke
- Certain medications like
narcotic painkiller
- TREATMENT
- PROGNOSIS
- Untreated or
unrecognized
obstructive sleep
apnea can lead to
cognitive impairment
as a result of
sleeplessness
- physiology of sleep
- narcolepsy
- Idiopathic hypersomnia
- history taking for resp
- ask about
TB, cancer,
cystic
fibrosis and
family
history
- investigations
- sleep test
- Polysomnogram
- Measures the
breathing and blood
oxygen level. Some also
may measure the heart
rate or other
information about the
body.
- O2 saturation
- An estimate of your oxygen saturation
can be made easily and painlessly with a
clip that fits on your finger. This clip
shines a light through one side of your
finger; a detector measures the light
that comes through the other side
- snoring
- snoring During sleep, the
muscles of the throat
relax, the tongue falls
backward, and the throat
becomes narrow and
"floppy." These vibrations
lead to the characteristic
sound of snoring.
- fatigue
- Non-restorative sleep
- Cognitive deficits; memory and intellectual impairment
- Personality and mood changes
- Sleep deprivation
- Decreased vigilance
- apnea