Sleep Apnea Case Studies

Sleep Apnea Case Studies

The first question asked by the interviewer was what the patients risk factors for sleep apnea were. John Doe answered that he had been overweight, his neck circumference had been 17+ inches, he was male, that there was a suspected family history and that he had nasal congestion. His suspected family history was that he and his brother (who also suffers from sleep apnea) were positive that their father had sleep apnea. He had a large neck, was male, overweight and had very loud snoring, however, he was never diagnosed. Their father died from a heart attack in 1995, and the interview and John Doe suspect that the untreated sleep apnea played a role in the heart attack. The interviewer than asked what symptoms John Doe had before attaining treated. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Erectile dysfunction (ED) is "the consistent inability to obtain and/or maintain penile erection sufficient to permit satisfactory sexual intercourse." (Taken, 2016) A previous study had shown that 91.3% of patients who suffered from ED had obstructive sleep apnea and this study wanted to see if this was true. A control group (of people who snored) and a test group (of people recently diagnosed with sleep apnea) were used. The researchers found that ED was experienced by 60% of their participants with obstructive sleep apnea. However, they had a limitation due to the small number of participants in their study, but concluded that erectile dysfunction can be a marker for obstructive sleep apnea. (Taken,

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