Treating sleep apnoea is cost effective

Treating sleep apnoea is cost effective.

Is Statistical Learning Affected by Sleep Apnoea?

It is thought that sleep is important for learning yet we know strikingly little about the relationship between sleep and a form of implicit learning known as statistical learning (SL). SL can be assessed using a distinct familiarisation phase in which participants are exposed to a stream of stimuli that contains statistical regularities but are not given any instruction to learn or any form of...

Serious motor vehicle crashes: the cost of untreated sleep apnoea.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injury morbidity and mortality in the United States, accounting for more than 40 000 deaths and 6 million injuries every year. Sleep related accidents comprise 15–20% of all motor vehicle crashes and result in thousands of serious injuries and death. Many of these sleep related accidents could be prevented by treatment of sleep related respiratory ...

Sleep apnoea

Sleep apnoea is a disorder characterised by repetitive pauses in breathing during sleep caused by airway occlusion (obstructive sleep apnoea) or altered control of breathing (central sleep apnoea). In this Clinical Year in Review, we summarise high-impact research from the past year pertaining to management, diagnosis and cardio-metabolic consequences of sleep apnoea.

Is CPAP effective in reducing blood pressure in minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea?

Hypertension affects about 25% of the adult population worldwide. It ranks as the leading chronic risk factor for mortality, accounting for 13.5% of all deaths. Half of all strokes and ischaemic heart disease events are attributable to high blood pressure (BP). 2 Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is now recognised as a risk factor for the development of hypertension in European and the US Internat...