Phenotypic approaches to obstructive sleep apnoea–new pathways for targeted therapy

DJ Eckert - Sleep medicine reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
People develop obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) for different reasons. The ability to
understand these reasons, easily identify them in individual patients, and develop therapies …

Adult obstructive sleep apnoea

AS Jordan, DG McSharry, A Malhotra - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea is an increasingly common disorder of repeated upper airway
collapse during sleep, leading to oxygen desaturation and disrupted sleep. Features include …

Bi-directional relationships between co-morbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA)

A Sweetman, L Lack, RD McEvoy, S Smith… - Sleep medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) commonly co-occur. Approximately 30–50% of
patients with OSA report clinically significant insomnia symptoms, and 30–40% of patients …

Endotypes and phenotypes in obstructive sleep apnea

A Malhotra, O Mesarwi, JL Pepin… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
OSA is a heterogeneous disease with highly varying underlying mechanisms. OSA has
variable clinical manifestations with definable subsets having risk of particular …

Arousal from sleep: implications for obstructive sleep apnea pathogenesis and treatment

DJ Eckert, MK Younes - Journal of Applied Physiology, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Historically, brief awakenings from sleep (cortical arousals) have been assumed to be vitally
important in restoring airflow and blood-gas disturbances at the end of obstructive sleep …

Eszopiclone increases the respiratory arousal threshold and lowers the apnoea/hypopnoea index in obstructive sleep apnoea patients with a low arousal threshold

DJ Eckert, RL Owens, GB Kehlmann… - Clinical …, 2011 - portlandpress.com
Recent insights into sleep apnoea pathogenesis reveal that a low respiratory arousal
threshold (awaken easily) is important for many patients. As most patients experience stable …

Quantifying the arousal threshold using polysomnography in obstructive sleep apnea

SA Sands, PI Terrill, BA Edwards… - Sleep, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Precision medicine for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) requires
noninvasive estimates of each patient's pathophysiological “traits.” Here, we provide the first …

Supine position related obstructive sleep apnea in adults: pathogenesis and treatment

SA Joosten, DM O'Driscoll, PJ Berger… - Sleep medicine reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The most striking feature of obstructive respiratory events is that they are at their most severe
and frequent in the supine sleeping position: indeed, more than half of all obstructive sleep …

A method for measuring and modeling the physiological traits causing obstructive sleep apnea

A Wellman, DJ Eckert, AS Jordan… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
There is not a clinically available technique for measuring the physiological traits causing
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Therefore, it is often difficult to determine why an individual …

A simplified method for determining phenotypic traits in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

A Wellman, BA Edwards, SA Sands… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
We previously published a method for measuring several physiological traits causing
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The method, however, had a relatively low success rate …