1. Upcoming Scenarios for the Comprehensive Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Overview of the Spanish Sleep Network
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Olga Mediano, Irene Cano-Pumarega, Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre, María Luz Alonso-Álvarez, María Fernanda Troncoso, Francisco García-Río, Carlos Egea, Joaquín Durán-Cantolla, Joaquín Terán-Santos, Ferran Barbé, Juan Fernando Masa, and Josep María Montserrat more...
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Comorbidity ,Disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sleep Apnea Syndromes ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Child ,Intensive care medicine ,Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ,Sleep disorder ,business.industry ,Public health ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Sleep in non-human animals ,respiratory tract diseases ,Obstructive sleep apnea ,030228 respiratory system ,Quality of Life ,Sleep ,business ,Neurocognitive - Abstract
Sleep is considered an essential part of life and plays a vital role in good health and well-being. Equally important as a balanced diet and adequate exercise, quality and quantity of sleep are essential for maintaining good health and quality of life. Sleep-disordered breathing is one of the most prevalent conditions that compromises the quality and duration of sleep, with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) being the most prevalent disorder among these conditions. OSA is a chronic and highly prevalent disease that is considered to be a true public health problem. OSA has been associated with increased cardiovascular, neurocognitive, metabolic and overall mortality risks, and its management is a challenge facing the health care system. To establish the main future lines of research in sleep respiratory medicine, the Spanish Sleep Network (SSN) promoted the 1st World Café experts' meeting. The overall vision was established by consensus as "Sleep as promoter of health and the social impact of sleep disturbances". Under this leitmotiv and given that OSA is the most prevalent sleep disorder, five research lines were established to develop a new comprehensive approach for OSA management: (1) an integrated network for the comprehensive management of OSA; (2) the biological impact of OSA on comorbidities with high mortality, namely, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neurocognitive diseases and cancer; (3) Big Data Analysis for the identification of OSA phenotypes; (4) personalized medicine in OSA; and (5) OSA in children: current needs and future perspectives. more...
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- 2020
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