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Apnea (also
spelled apnoea in
British English) is the
temporary cessation of breathing.
During apnea,
there is no
movement of the
muscles of inhalation...
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apneas or hypopneas, respectively.
Criteria defining an
apnea or a
hypopnea vary. The
American Academy of
Sleep Medicine (AASM)
defines an
apnea as...
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awakening short of breath, snoring,
witness apneas. The patient's
polysomnography shows ≥5
central apneas and/or
central hypopneas per hour of sleep,...
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reduced or
absent breathing during sleep.
These episodes are
termed "
apneas" with
complete or near-complete
cessation of breathing, or "hypopneas" when...
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frequent presence of
apneas and/or
hypopneas rather than
differentiating between the two phenomena. The
combined number of
apnea and
hypopnea events that...
- mouth.
Hypopnea is a
partial collapse of the airway,
limiting breathing.
Apneas (pauses in breathing) must last for at
least 10
seconds and be ****ociated...
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Static apnea (STA) is a
discipline in
which a
person holds their breath (
apnea)
underwater for as long as possible, and need not swim any distance. Static...
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Email apnea is a term
coined in 2007 by
former Microsoft executive Linda Stone,
meaning "a
temporary absence or
suspension of breathing, or
shallow breathing...
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repetitive pattern of
apneas and hyperpneas. The end of the
linear decrease in
ventilation in
response to
falls in CO2 is not, however, at
apnea. It
occurs when...
- Mr.
B____ manifested 83
obstructive apneas, 3
central apneas, 1
mixed apnea and 28 hypopneas, for an
elevated apnea+hypopnea
index (AHI) of 97 events/hr...
