Category: Treatment
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Why Use Oxygen Concentrator?
Oxygen concentrators function by removing nitrogen in the ambient air and delivering highly-concentrated oxygen to the patient through tubes or face masks. A common oxygen concentrator is capable of continuous oxygen output measured in liters per minute. Oxygen therapy is a way to get more oxygen into your lungs and bloodstream in patients with hypoxemia.…
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Pulmonary Function Test in Snoring and OSA
(Pulmonary Function (Lung) test is a series of breathing tests where you will be required to breathe in different patterns through a mouthpiece. These patterns may require you to breath fast, take big breaths in, empty your lungs out and hold your breath. When it is altered, ventolin inhaler is given and the test is…
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Common Medical Complications of Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined as stoppage of breathing during sleep. Symptoms of OSA include snoring, daytime sleepiness, morning headache, sexual dysfunction, and mood and behavioral disorders. Cardiovascular diseases associated with OSA include hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia and infarction, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. In addition, OSA is associated with metabolic…