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Query: UMLS:C0020538 (hypertension)
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Upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is a sleep-disordered breathing syndrome characterized by complaints of daytime fatigue and/or sleepiness, increased upper airway resistance during sleep, frequent transient arousals, and no significant hypoxemia. Of a population of 110 subjects (58 men) diagnosed as having UARS, we investigated acute systolic and diastolic BP changes seen during sleep in two different samples. First, six patients from the original subject pool were found to have untreated chronic borderline high BP, and were subjected to 48 h of continuous ambulatory BP monitoring before treatment and another 48 h of BP monitoring 1 month after the start of nasal-continuous positive airway pressure (N-CPAP) treatment. Five of six subjects used their equipment on a regular basis and had their chronic borderline high BP completely controlled. No change in BP values was seen in the last subject, who discontinued N-CPAP after 3 days. A second protocol investigated seven normotensive subjects drawn from the initial subject pool. Continuous radial artery BP recording was performed during nocturnal sleep with simultaneous polygraphic recording of sleep/wake variables and respiration. BP changes were studied during periods of increased respiratory efforts and at the time of alpha EEG arousals. Increases in systolic and diastolic BP were noted during the breaths with the greatest inspiratory efforts without significant hypoxemia. A further increase in BP was noted in association with arousals. Three of these subjects also underwent echocardiography during sleep, which demonstrated a leftward shift of the interventricular septum with pulsus paradoxus in association with peak end-inspiratory esophageal pressure more negative than -35 cm H2O. Our study indicates that, in the absence of classic apneas, hypopneas, and repetitive significant drops in oxygen saturation (below 90%), repetitive increases in BP can occur as a result of increased airway resistance during sleep. It also shows that, in some patients with both UARS and borderline high BP, high BP can be controlled with treatment of UARS. We conclude that abnormal upper airway resistance during sleep, often associated with snoring, can play a role in the development of hypertension.
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PMID:Upper airway resistance syndrome, nocturnal blood pressure monitoring, and borderline hypertension. 863 68

Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by cessation of breathing during sleep, oxygen desaturation and awakenings during night. There are several types of breathing disorders during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is also characterized by snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness. Central sleep apnea (CSA) is less common and characterized by reduced respiratory drive from the central nervous system. Upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, absence ofapneas, hypopneas and lack of significant oxygen desaturation. The consequences of the abnormal breathing during sleep include excessive daytime sleepiness, development of arterial hypertension, ischemic cardiac disease, neurocognitive dysfunction, glaucomic optico-neuropathy, metabolic dysfunction. The early diagnosis requires detailed anamnestic data, standardized questionnaires for detection of sleep disordered breathing and whole-night polysomnography in the sleep laboratory. Obstructive sleep apnea can be treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), oral appliances, and surgery (e.g., uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP). Early diagnosis of OSA enables early treatment, improvement of its symptoms and eventually reduces development of co-morbidities.
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PMID:[Sleep disordered breathing]. 1859 64