Comorbidities of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)
Research continues on the risks created by and associated with sleep apnoea. Sleep apnoea is often left undiagnosed and untreated.
Sleep apnoea and heart failure
A significant number of heart failure patients also experience sleep disordered breathing (SDB). Find out how treating your patients’ breathing condition can improve their overall health.
SDB and hypertension
If your patient has sleep disordered breathing (SDB), their risk of becoming hypertensive increases. Find out how treating your patients’ breathing condition can improve their overall health.
SDB and stroke
If your patient has had a stroke, they might also have developed sleep disordered breathing (SDB)—which might be undiagnosed. Find out how treating your patients’ breathing condition can improve their overall health.
SDB and type 2 diabetes
The association between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnoea has been widely researched. Find out why the IDF recommends routine two way screening in sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and type 2 diabetes patients
References
- Ferreira S, et al. Prevalence and characteristics of sleep apnoea in patients with stable heart failure: Results from a heart failure clinic. BMC Pulm Med.2010, 10:9
- Lavie P, et al. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as a risk factor for hypertension: population study. BMJ 2000; 320:479-82.
- Johnson KG, et al. Frequency of sleep apnea in stroke and TIA patients: a meta-analysis. J Clin Sleep Med. 2010, 15; 6(2):131-7.
- Resnick HE, Redline S, Shahar E, Gilpin A, Newman A, Walter R, Ewy GA, Howard BV, Punjabi NM; Sleep Heart Health Study. Diabetes and sleep disturbances: findings from the Sleep Heart Health Study. Diabetes Care 2003;26(3):702-9.
