Obstructive sleep Apnea. Clinical assesment and management.

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in one of the most frequent sleep disorders in all the population, it is associated to worse quality of life, high risk of accidents and high risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. For its diagnosis is necessary high clinical suspicion and a study for sleep monitoring. Therapy based in positive airway pressure devices (CPAP) have been demonstrated high efficacy to resolve the breathing disorder and is associated to an improvement of the health damages related to OSA.