Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, most commonly because the upper airway becomes blocked (obstructive sleep apnea) or because the brain fails to signal the muscles that control breathing (central sleep apnea). These pauses fragment sleep and lower blood-oxyg…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 71× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-8572 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, most commonly because the upper airway becomes blocked (obstructive sleep apnea) or because the brain fails to signal the muscles that control breathing (central sleep apnea). These pauses fragment sleep and lower blood-oxygen levels, producing daytime sleepiness, loud snoring, and morning headaches, and over time they are associated with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and metabolic disturbances such as type 2 diabetes. Diagnosis relies on sleep assessment, traditionally polysomnography, though wearable activity monitors and ambulatory acoustic methods are increasingly studied as adjuncts. Management ranges from behavioural measures such as weight loss and positional therapy to continuous or expiratory positive airway pressure devices and, in selected cases, surgical intervention. Certain populations carry elevated risk, including people with Down syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, and the disorder sits within the wider study of sleep-disordered breathing and its cardiovascular consequences. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research relevant to these themes, including comparisons of consumer activity monitors against polysomnography, obstructive sleep apnea in individuals with Down syndrome, expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) nasal devices, risk assessment in diabetic patients, and the relationship between sleep-disordered breathing and cardiac function.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 71 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Otolaryngology Advances (ISSN 2379-8572).

Journal editorial board
Ioannis Chatzistefanou · Greece Heather Bortfeld · United States Heidi Silver · United States

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