Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an upper airway disorder characterized by multiple interruptions of breathing during sleep manifested mainly as apnea or hypopnea. It is a common disorder worldwide. This is an editorial article discussion on why we should not treat OSA lightly as it has huge pot...
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| description | Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an upper airway
disorder characterized by multiple interruptions of
breathing during sleep manifested mainly as apnea
or hypopnea. It is a common disorder worldwide.
This is an editorial article discussion on why we should not treat OSA lightly as it has huge potential for cardiovascular mortality among its sufferers. |
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| spelling | iium-682962019-01-30T01:27:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68296/ Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin R Medicine (General) Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an upper airway disorder characterized by multiple interruptions of breathing during sleep manifested mainly as apnea or hypopnea. It is a common disorder worldwide. This is an editorial article discussion on why we should not treat OSA lightly as it has huge potential for cardiovascular mortality among its sufferers. Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68296/7/68296%20Obstructive%20sleep%20apnea.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68296/8/68296%20Obstructive%20sleep%20apnea%20SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68296/9/68296%20Obstructive%20sleep%20apnea%20WOS.pdf Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin (2018) Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 17 (3). pp. 1-2. E-ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_17_no_3/Vol17No3-001.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| title | Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| title_full | Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| title_fullStr | Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| title_short | Obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| title_sort | obstructive sleep apnea: the ‘noisy’ killer |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
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