RT Book, Section
A1 Chan, Yvonne
A1 Goddard, John C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1172367534
T1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
T2 K.J. Lee’s Essential Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, 12e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260122237
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1172367534
RD 2024/04/18
AB Obstructive  sleep  apnea  (OSA)  is  a  highly  prevalent  disorder  typified  by  repeated  episodes  of  complete  or  partial  pharyngeal  collapse  and  airway  obstruction  occurring  during  sleep.  It  is  estimated  by  the  seminal  Wisconsin  Sleep  Cohort  that  OSA  affects  3%  of  middle-aged  women  and  9%  of  middle-aged  men,  with  incidence  increasing  in  parallel  with  society’s  worsening  obesity  rates.  OSA  is  among  the  most  common  problems  seen  by  Otolaryngologists  and  a  recent  NEJM  (New  England  Journal  of  Medicine)  editorial  has  described  OSA  as  a  “perioperative  epidemic.”