PPP141 - Sleep Apnoea with Dr Colin Tuft
Join Kristin as she speaks to Dr Colin Tuft, Advanced Trainee in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital about all things sleep apnoea, primarily obstructive sleep apnoea in adults.
Further resources and reading:
Australasian Sleep Association:
https://sleep.org.au/Public/Public/Resource-Centre/HP-info.aspx
Australian Journal of General Practice
https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2024/june/management-of-obstructive-sleep-apnoea-in-primary
Australian Prescriber
CPAP for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Sleep Apnea Cardiovascular Endpoints (SAVE) study - DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606599 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606599
Smoking + OSA
Krishnan V, Dixon-Williams S, Thornton JD. Where there is smoke…there is sleep apnea: exploring the relationship between smoking and sleep apnea. Chest. 2014 Dec;146(6):1673-1680. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0772. PMID: 25451354; PMCID: PMC4251622. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4251622/
Alcohol + OSA
Simou E, Britton J, Leonardi-Bee J. Alcohol and the risk of sleep apnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med. 2018 Feb;42:38-46. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.12.005. Epub 2018 Jan 3. PMID: 29458744; PMCID: PMC5840512. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5840512/
Sex differences + OSA
Lozo T, Komnenov D, Badr MS, Mateika JH. Sex differences in sleep disordered breathing in adults. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 Nov;245:65-75. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.11.001. Epub 2016 Nov 9. PMID: 27836648. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27836648/
Bonsignore MR, Saaresranta T, Riha RL. Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnoea. Eur Respir Rev. 2019 Nov 6;28(154):190030. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0030-2019. PMID: 31694839; PMCID: PMC9488655. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31694839/
Nigro CA, Dibur E, Borsini E, Malnis S, Ernst G, Bledel I, González S, Arce A, Nogueira F. The influence of gender on symptoms associated with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Breath. 2018 Sep;22(3):683-693. doi: 10.1007/s11325-017-1612-4. Epub 2018 Feb 1. PMID: 29392572. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29392572/
