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Re: Women with sleep apnea
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:57 am
by SleepingUgly
Doctors could benefit from a statistics class in med school. They don't seem to appreciate that even in the presence of a high REM AHI, with a low NREM AHI, you can end up with an AHI < 5. And yet, it wouldn't be accurate to say the patient doesn't have SDB.
Re: Women with sleep apnea
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:12 am
by NotLazyJustTired
SleepingUgly wrote:Doctors could benefit from a statistics class in med school. They don't seem to appreciate that even in the presence of a high REM AHI, with a low NREM AHI, you can end up with an AHI < 5. And yet, it wouldn't be accurate to say the patient doesn't have SDB.
Yes! It is not just about desaturation which has obvious health implications, but also about arousals which lead to sleep fragmentation and skewed sleep architecture. The latter not only leaves you tired and/or sleepy, but puts stress on the body which also has health implications. It seems that the current healthcare system is focusing primarily on desaturation, and not on the effects of arousals.