Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, disrupting normal rest and reducing blood oxygen levels. The most common form, obstructive sleep apnea, results from collapse of the upper airway, while central sleep apnea arises from impaired respiratory …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 79× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4518 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, disrupting normal rest and reducing blood oxygen levels. The most common form, obstructive sleep apnea, results from collapse of the upper airway, while central sleep apnea arises from impaired respiratory signalling. The recurrent breathing pauses cause sleep fragmentation, daytime sleepiness, and impaired concentration, and are associated with an increased risk of hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and other complications. Diagnosis is typically established through polysomnography and related sleep monitoring, and treatment commonly involves continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, oral and nasal appliances, weight management, and lifestyle modification. Sleep apnea occurs across the lifespan, including in children and in people with particular syndromes and comorbidities. Research published under this topic includes obstructive sleep apnea in individuals with Down syndrome and in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, treatment with EPAP nasal devices and their physiological limitations, unusual associations such as cervical osteophytosis and sudden death, objective measurement of sleep quality, comparison of consumer activity monitors with polysomnography in children, detection of sleep-disordered breathing through ambulatory cardiac monitoring, and related conditions such as narcolepsy, reflecting the disorder's diagnostic, therapeutic, and broader clinical scope.

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 79 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 Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research (ISSN 2574-4518).

Journal editorial board
Dragos Octavian Palade · Romania Mauro Manconi · Switzerland Karim Sedky · United States

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