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2. Polysomnography - Wikipedia

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   Polysomnography (PSG) is a multi-parameter type of sleep study [1] and a diagnostic tool in sleep medicine.The test result is called a polysomnogram, also abbreviated PSG.The name is derived from Greek and Latin roots: the Greek πολύς (polus for "many, much", indicating many channels), the Latin somnus ("sleep"), and the Greek γράφειν (graphein, "to write").

3. What Is Sleep Apnea? Your Complete Guide - AOL

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   Sleep apnea sounds a little scary — I mean, you stop breathing. ... you’ll need to do a sleep study — also known as polysomnography. ... A CPAP machine is the most common sleep apnea ...

4. Respiratory disturbance index - Wikipedia

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   The respiratory disturbance index (RDI)—or respiratory distress Index—is a formula used in reporting polysomnography (sleep study) findings. Like the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), it reports on respiratory distress events during sleep, but unlike the AHI, it also includes respiratory-effort related arousals (RERAs). [1]

5. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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   More than half of people with obstructive sleep apnea have some degree of positional obstructive sleep apnea, meaning that it gets worse when they sleep on their backs. [69] Sleeping on their sides is an effective and cost-effective treatment for positional obstructive sleep apnea. [69]

6. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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   A little over 50% of all people with Down syndrome experience obstructive sleep apnea, [57] and some physicians advocate routine testing of this group. [58] In other craniofacial syndromes, the abnormal feature may actually improve the airway, but its correction may put the person at risk for obstructive sleep apnea after surgery when it is ...

7. FDA approves weight-loss drug Zepbound for obstructive sleep ...

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   The trials’ main goal was improvement on a metric known as the apnea-hypopnea index, or AHI, the number of breathing disruptions during an hour of sleep. In both studies, the mean AHI to start ...