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Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure
Notwithstanding the various landmarks we have achieved in health care advancement, heart failure (HF) continues to be on the rise. Nationally, nearly 5 million people suffer from this deadly disease (Dulak, 2005). An effort to help reverse this trend has led many to explore the relationship between HF and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Large prospective studies have found obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to be a contributing or an exacerbating factor for cardiovascular disease such as HF. However, the majority of us are oblivious to this fact. A large amount of us do not routinely get screened for sleeping disorder simply since we are unaware. The objective of this paper is to provide information on OSA, study it’s …show more content…

In this phase individual experience airway collapse which results in a brief pause in breathing along with a loud snore followed by a cough or chocking which then help resume breathing. It is generally caught by another family member who witness this cycle of breath-pause-breath. Literature reviews suggest that most individuals suffering from OSA simply are unaware that they have a problem and therefore go undiagnosed for years before they get help. Consequently, health care providers fail to recognize the problem due to lack of information. This phenomenon is mainly common and prevalent among the aging population, male, individual with large neck size or tonsils, and family history of sleep apnea. According to the National Sleep Foundation:
Around 18 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea. Statistic among the general population is about 2% -9%. Incidence of sleep apnea is about 50% among individuals with HF (Dulak, …show more content…

The use of continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, is considered to be the first line of treatment for patients suffering from sleep apnea (Dulak, 2005). The benefits of using CPAP in HF patients with obstructive sleep apnea consist of improved right ventricular function, diastolic function, and contractility (Turgut and Perker, 2010). CPAP helps prevent airway collapse during the sleep cycle, thus reducing apnea hypopnea index (Dulak, 2005). The utilization of CPAP has also shown a reduction in death and hospitalization in patients using CPAP suffering from HF compared to untreated patients with HF (Turgut and Perker, 2010). Sleep apnea and HF are a lethal combination. Increased awareness and education will help positively impact those at

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