Systemic Disease in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Abstract

Objective In this study, we investigated 304 patients diagnosed with Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and undergoing standard polysomnography in our sleep laboratory between December, 2013 and January 2015 in terms of anamnesis, drugs used and laboratory test results. Materials and Method Chronic diseases were detected in patients and their relations between OSAS were investigated. Results Severity of the disease in all patients was investigated under 3 topics according to Respiratory disturbance index (RDI). According to the results as severity of the OSAS increases, co-occurrence with systemic diseases increases. Conclusion In this study, co-occurrence of OSAS and chronic systemic diseases, characteristics of OSAS and the relation between OSAS and chronic systemic diseases were investigated.

Keywords

• Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
• systemic diseases