HS 415 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Myasthenia Gravis

• School: Brenau University
• Department: Healthcare Administration/Health Science
• Course: HS 415
• Professor: Drew Roush

Document Summary

Most common throat muscles relax while sleeping: central sleep apnea (csa): Brain doesn"t send proper signals to muscles that control breathing: complex sleep apnea syndrome: Person has both obstructive and complex sleep apnea. Structural factors: craniofacial bony anatomy puts someone at risk for osa facial elongation, compression: mandibular hypoplasia inferior displacement of hyoid adenotonsillar hypertrophy (young age, high, arched palate (women, polyps, tumors, trauma septal deviation, elongated uvula. "agonal breathing. : heart failure stroke renal failure. Medical condition: stroke: diabetes, hypothyroidism, parkinson"s disease, damage to respiratory centers from a tumor cervical cordotomy, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis acromegaly. Non-structural factors: other causes: obesity, high altitude periodic central fat distribution breathing, use of opiates and other. Cns depressing drugs: male sex age alcohol or sedative use smoking, habitual snoring daytime supine sleep position.