OSA Pathogenesis

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Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a complex disease characterized by frequent complete (apnea) or partial (hypopnea) upper airway obstructed breathing. Whilst anatomical factors clearly play an important role in all patients, the degree to which anatomical versus non-anatomical causes contribute to OSA on an individual patient basis is highly variable. Airway collapse can occur at single or multiple sites along with the disturbance of neuromuscular, respiratory control, and arousal factors. Thus, patient phenotyping/endotyping techniques are needed to allow for the role of anatomical versus non-anatomical causal factors to be better understood within each individual patient.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Role of Epiglottis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
EditorsMatej Delakorda, Nico de Vries
Place of PublicationCham, Switzerland
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Chapter2
Pages13-21
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-34992-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-34991-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Recent advances
  • Airflow shape
  • Phenotyping
  • Endotyping

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