Ventricular arrhythmia and sleep-related breathing disorders

Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders and Cardiac Arrhythmia

Sleep related breathing disorders.

Sleep disorders encompass a broad group of conditions. In this article the sleep related breathing disorders are considered from the initial presentation through diagnosis and investigations to management.

Sleep-related breathing disorders: definitions and measurements.

Respiratory disorders during sleep have become recognized in recent decades as an important branch of respiratory medicine. These disorders include conditions that are present only during sleep, particularly sleep apnoea, and other respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that are evident during the awake state, but may be aggravated by sleep. Obstructive sleep...

Sleep-related breathing disorders and cardiovascular disease.

Sleep-related breathing disorders, ranging from habitual snoring to the increased upper airway resistance syndrome to sleep apnea, are now recognized as major health problems. The majority of patients have excessive daytime sleepiness and tiredness. Neuropsychological dysfunction results in poor work performance, memory impairment, and even depression. Until recently, the coexistence of cardiov...

[Childhood obesity and sleep-related breathing disorders].

INTRODUCTION The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity leads to an increase risk of sleep-disordered breathing and may exacerbate their comorbidities. PURPOSE To assess the rate of obesity in children with sleep-disordered breathing and to study the possible clinical and epidemiological differences between children with and without overweight in a private hospital in the Mediterranean ar...