[Is snoring a health risk?].
Snoring is a marker for sleep apnea. Additionally, snoring per se is a cause of excessive vascular morbidity and an excessive risk for accidents. These health risks of snoring could be lowered by using CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure). Despite this evidence, CPAP-therapy is still limited to patients with hypersomnolence (excessive daytime sleepiness), due to conflicting results in the literature and the well-known lack of compliance in patients without hypersomnolence.
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Medizinische Klinik A, Dep. Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital Basel.
D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D012913:Snoring / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
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