Sleep-Disordered Breathing During Pregnancy
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Sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy.
Pregnancy is associated with many physiologic and hormonal changes along with changes in sleep architecture, placing pregnant women at risk for the development of sleep-disordered breathing or worsening of preexisting sleep apnea. Snoring, the most common symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, is markedly increased during pregnancy. The exact prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in pregnant wo...
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KEY POINTS Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is common and the severity increases as pregnancy progresses.Frequent snoring, older age and high pre-pregnancy body mass index (>25 kg⋅m(-2)) could be reliable indicators for SDB in early pregnancy.SDB screening tools, including questionnaires, used in the nonpregnant population have poor predictive ability in pregnancy.Accumulating evidence suggests...
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STUDY OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate sleep-related disordered breathing in obese women during pregnancy. Obesity is known to predispose to sleep-related breathing disorders. During pregnancy, obese mothers gain additional weight, but other mechanisms may counteract this effect. DESIGN A case-control study to compare sleep-related breathing in obese pregnant women (mean prepreg...
متن کاملOCCASIONAL REVIEW Sleep disordered breathing and pregnancy
Many changes in the respiratory system occur during pregnancy, particularly during the third trimester, which can alter respiratory function during sleep, increasing the incidence and severity of sleep disordered breathing. These changes include increased ventilatory drive and metabolic rate, reduced functional residual capacity and residual volume, increased alveolar-arterial oxygen gradients,...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080057