Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018
A STUDY OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA AND ITS CORELATION WITH OTHER DISEASES
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Dr Mahendra Chouhan
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Background To study the anthropometric parameter in patient of obstructive sleep apnoea and to find out its association with associated comorbities .
Methods 30 patients of OSA were previewed by polysomnographic study from the clinically suspected OSA patient by applying STOP BANG criteria with score of >5, and equal number of age and sex match control subjects coming to OPD/IPD were studied.
Results Majority of patients belong to middle age group. Snoring was the most important symptom reported by the patients followed by eathing pause (96.7%), day time tiredness (93.3%) and systemic hypertension (40%).Certain co-morbid condition like hypertension was present in (40%), hypothyroidism (10%) and 3.3% each were having diabetes and epilepsy.
Conclusion Sleep apnea is a common disorder that if not recognized and treated leads to significant morbidity and increased mortality. Early recognition and treatment of OSA should be our aim. Treatment of OSA may represent a novel target to improve health outcome.
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A STUDY OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA AND ITS CORELATION WITH OTHER DISEASES, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Dr Mahendra Chouhan , GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7| Issue-12 | December-2018
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A STUDY OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA AND ITS CORELATION WITH OTHER DISEASES, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Dr Mahendra Chouhan , GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7| Issue-12 | December-2018