Special Issue "The Epidemiology of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Its Implications in Adults and Children"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 February 2024 | Viewed by 944
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sleep medicine; obstructive sleep apnea; respiratory arousal; OSA comorbidities; OSA surgery; hypoglossal nerve stimulation; insomnia
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Obstructive sleep apnea is a widespread disease affecting a large proportion of the adult population in industrialized countries. But children also struggle with sleep apnea for various reasons. Most importantly, the increased prevalence of obesity has contributed to the rise in OSA prevalence. The impact of sleep apnea on each individual patient, in the form of comorbidities such as cardiovascular events, psychological stress and also accidents attributable to daytime sleepiness, is immense. The many effects on various systems of an individual are probably not yet recognized or sufficiently studied. A portion of the population also suffers from sleep apnea due to sickness-related absences from work and losses in performance due to daytime sleepiness. Because of this, current research is heavily focused on both methods of rapid and cost-effective diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. In this Special Issue, we would like to take a closer look at the impact of OSA on the health of the individual and on society. In addition, we would like to explore methods that can simplify the diagnosis, make it more cost effective or that can simply extend the diagnostics and therapy of sleep apnea.
Dr. Katharina Bahr
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- obstructive sleep apnea
- burden of disease
- polysomnography
- sleep study
- respiratory distress
- hypopnea
- arousal
- OSA-therapy
- positive airway pressure
