title: Sleep-related breathing disorders.
abstract: Sleep-related breathing disorders are a heterogeneous group of conditions that may be associated with alterations in the structure of sleep, in sleep quality, and in gas exchange during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea represents the most frequent cause of sleep-related breathing disorders, which encompass a diversity of conditions that either complicate coexisting disease or present as primary disorders. Many of these disorders have consequences during both sleep and wakefulness and may produce substantial burden of symptoms and disease in untreated individuals.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA. iberx001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Conrad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iber
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D017286:Polysomnography; D015995:Prevalence; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000453:epidemiology; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic