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Obstructive Sleep Apnea
OSA is repetitive upper airway collapse during sleep causing hypoxia and sleep fragmentation. Major risk for HTN, AF, stroke, metabolic syndrome. CPAP is first-line treatment.
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Sleep apnea is a common disorder that causes your breathing to stop or get very shallow. Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They may occur 30 times or more an hour.The most common type is obstructive sleep apnea. It causes your airway to collapse or become blocked during sleep. Normal breathing starts again with a snort or choking sound. People with sleep apnea often snore loudly. However, not…
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NCT05735444
Study name: Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Hypertensive Patients in China: A Prospective National Multi-center Registry. Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common secondary c…
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NCT07357272
Research Title "Quadruple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of CPAP on Blood Pressure in Patients with Sleep Apnea" Why are we conducting this study? * Sleep apnea (OSA) is very common, affecting approximately one in every ei…
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NCT06263608
The main goal of this prospective pre-post implementation study is to investigate how a structured testing and treatment program for obstructive sleep apnea using the NOX T3s device and a Fitbit smartwatch with the FibriCheck algorithm imp…
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NCT06748703
Ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) is damage to the optic nerve caused by ischemia and hypoxia of the optic nerve due to an impairment of the blood supply to the optic nerve from the arteries. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypoventilation Syndrome…
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NCT06568159
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder characterised by partial or total obstruction of the oro-pharyngeal carrefour during sleep. It is found in between 4% and 25% of the general population and in 40 to 80% of patients with car…
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NCT04712656
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on 24-hour mean blood pressure (BP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) varies between symptom phenotyp…
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