Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Wake up Dad (sleep apnea)
- Anatomy of URT
- Neural breathing control centers
- Cerebral control
- Voluntary
hypoventilation
- Voluntary
hyperventilation
- Central Control
- Medulla
- Ventral neurons
- Expiration
- Dorsal neurons
- Nucleus Tractus Solitarius
- Pons
- Lower pons
- Apneustic
centers
- Upper pons
- Pneumotaxic
- Receptors
- Chemoreceptors
- Central
- Peripheral
- Mechanoreceptors
- Lung stretch
receptors
- Joint + muscle
receptors
- Irritant receptors
- J receptors
- Snoring
- noisy breathing
- Mechanism
- due to vibration of soft palate and
its thin edges due to partial air
way obstruction during inspiration
- Causes
- -Alcohol -Sleep apnea -Sleep
position -Sleep deprivation
- TONSILLECTOMY
- Excessive snoring
with intervals of
breath cessation
and arousals
from sleep.
- Signs and Symptoms
- Nocturnal symptoms
- Snoring, Apneas, Gasping
and choking sensations that
arouse the patient from
sleep, Nocturia, Insomnia
- Daytime symptoms
- Nonrestorative sleep, Excessive
daytime sleepiness, Daytime
fatigue, Morning confusion,
Mood changes, Hypertension
- Risk factors
- Excessive
weight,
Family
history,
Male
gender,
- Pathophysiology
- Obstruction
- Neurologic
- Investigation
- Physical examination
- Neck circumference, tonsils and tongue,
septum and soft palate, blood pressure
- Mallampati Score
- Polysomnography
- Records brain waves,
oxygen levels, heart rate
and breathing, as well as
eye and leg movements
and sleep noises during
the study.
- Management
- CPAP
- It gently blow
pressurized air
through your
airway at a
constant pressure
that keeps the
throat from
collapsing.
- Lifestyle
- Psychological impact
- QOL
- Social life
and work
- economic burden