Diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea-related hypertension
- VernacularTitle:睡眠呼吸暂停相关性高血压的诊断和治疗
- Author:
Baoyuan CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
sleep apnea,obstructive;
hypertension
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2001;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Sleep apnea related hypertension is a very important public health problem and is very harmful for human health and life.This article describes the concept of sleep apnea related hypertension and introduces how to recognize and make a diagnosis for sleep apnea related hypertension and how to manage it.It emphasizes the clinical significance of increasing the diagnostic rate of sleep apnea in hypertension population and 24 h ambulance blood pressure monitoring.The combination treatment for both sleep apnea and hypertension and the follow up are necessary for decreasing the prevalence of hypertension and related mobility and mortality in patients with sleep apnea.
