33 supporting the findings of the present study hypoxemia increased the. Although sleep disturbance is a common symptom of major depression it is frequently under recognized particularly in psychiatric patient samples 1 although it is clear that normalizing the architecture of sleep is predictive of depression treatment 2 the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea osa in the psychiatric population appears to be rising.
Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
Hypoxia and sleep apnea. Recent studies have found however that hypoxemia can be influenced by sleep apnea. The apnea hypopnea index or apnoea hypopnoea index ahi is an index used to indicate the severity of sleep apnea it is represented by the number of apnea and hypopnea events per hour of sleep. Previous studies have linked sleep apnea a condition that affects an estimated 18 million americans to an increased risk of cancer death although there is some conflicting evidence on this.
Previous studies in sleep apnea patients suggest that natriuretic peptide concentrations might be affected by sleep apnea and may be impacted by treatment. Obstructive sleep apnea the more common form that occurs when throat muscles relax. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after a full night s sleep you might have sleep apnea.
The main types of sleep apnea are. The apneas pauses in breathing must last for at least 10 seconds and be associated with a decrease in blood oxygenation. Sleep apnea alone except in the most severe cases doesn t directly cause hypoxia but scientists are currently studying what role sleep apnea plays in the development of hypoxia.
29 30 31 in a very small study osa appeared to increase anp overnight but not bnp. 32 in contrast in 22 children bnp increases overnight did correlate with ahi. One of the side effects of sleep apnea is hypoxia a condition in which the body or organ is deprived of adequate oxygen.
