What's the difference between apnea and snoring?

Apnea


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thyroid replacement led to resolution of both apnea and depression.
  • (2) We found that, compared to one- and two-dose infants, those treated with three doses of Exosurf were more premature, smaller, required a longer ventilator course, and had more frequent complications, including patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), intraventricular hemorrhage, nosocomial pneumonia, and apnea.
  • (3) The 14-fold increase in prolonged apnea frequency immediately following regurgitation supports the hypothesis for a causal relationship between apnea and regurgitation.
  • (4) When apnea is secondary to a disease process, the main focus should be on the identification of that disease process and on the institution of appropriate therapy.
  • (5) Particularly, the passive mechanism concept to explain obstructive sleep apnea during REM sleep advocated by Remmers and Guilleminault has substantially contributed to the recent development of research activities in this field.
  • (6) Three subjects breathed, two after less than 2 minutes of apnea, when PaCO2 was 47 and 54 mm Hg, and one after 4.5 minutes, when PaCO2 was 47 mm Hg.
  • (7) Apnea monitoring did not prevent, and in fact perpetrated the illusion of SIDS in this infant.
  • (8) The nine children who had a normal ZMD and improvement in their respiratory symptoms with the successful control of GER had advanced esophagitis (n = 4), central apnea (n = 3), or associated disorders in which respiratory symptoms improved with the avoidance of oral feedings (n = 2).
  • (9) It is suggested that the presence of abnormal OORR in sleep apnea may reflect a basic defect in pontomedullary control of respiration during sleep.
  • (10) Selecting therapy for a patient with obstructive sleep apnea requires a comprehensive evaluation including polysomnography, special examinations of the upper airway and assessing the cardiopulmonary status.
  • (11) The prevalence of sleep apnea, apnea index, duration of the longest episode of apnea, and penile rigidity were tabulated.
  • (12) The effect of alcohol on respiratory drive and on the apnea reflex response should be considered when humans ingest alcohol, in particular by those participating in water sports.
  • (13) These results are interpreted to signify that (1) inspiratory inhibitory inputs are more susceptible to depression by PB than inspiratory drive mechanisms; (2) the breathing pattern of apneusis results when summed inspiratory inhibition is reduced below a critical minimum level; (3) vagal and pneumotaxic center inhibitions on inspiration are equally weighted at apneusis, but not at apnea.
  • (14) The correlation of this EMG activity with SaO2 or the duration of obstructive apnea was more remarkable in submental EMG than dilator nasalis+ EMG in the observed patients.
  • (15) During hypocapnic apnea, some I, IE and E neurons became silent.
  • (16) To review the physiologic basis for normal and abnormal vagal reflexes arising from the pharynx, larynx, and esophagus, as well as the relevance of vagal reflexes to the pathogenesis of such clinically common cardiorespiratory responses as bradycardia, tachycardia, dysrhythmia, coronary angiospasm, bronchospasm, laryngospasm, prolonged apnea, and singultus (hiccups).
  • (17) A high incidence of sleep apnea (SA) and sleep-related periodic leg movements (PLMs) is also suspected.
  • (18) Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an accepted and highly effective method used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
  • (19) A rare case of idiopathic laryngeal spasm presented itself as sleep apnea in a middle-aged man.
  • (20) In COPD, the number of apneas was also correlated to the delta index (r2 = 0.92, p less than 0.01).

Snoring


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snore
  • (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aside from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness was on average often the first symptom and began at a mean age of 36 years.
  • (2) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
  • (3) Epidemiological criteria for a causal association between snoring and vascular disease have not been satisfied.
  • (4) Patients who had nasal polypectomy as part of their nasal surgery obtained the greatest snoring relief.
  • (5) Diclofenac sodium suppositories 150-200 mg day-1 were compared with placebo in a double-blind study during the first 3 days after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 40 patients with habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
  • (6) Alcohol consumption, estimated by questionnaire and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase was unrelated to a history of snoring.
  • (7) We compared self- and spouse reports of snoring and other symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome ascertained from married couples in a community-based survey.
  • (8) Snoring history was obtained from 326 patients and 345 controls.
  • (9) Snoring occurs in at least 20% of the population; 50% of the 50 year old male snore.
  • (10) When you breathe, air makes them vibrate against each other, which is what makes the characteristic snoring noise," she says.
  • (11) Emily Marbach In desperation one night I asked my husband, who snores like a train, to sleep in our repeatedly waking baby's room ...
  • (12) The demented patients were reported to snore twice as frequently as the control subjects (P less than 0.05).
  • (13) Snoring usually is trivial and unimportant, but it can turn into a social or medical problem.
  • (14) To select heavy-snoring subjects for a treatment protocol, volunteers were screened for one night, breathing air the first half and oxygen the second half of the night.
  • (15) Generally, associations between snoring and sleep apnea were independent of age and sex.
  • (16) This hypothesis is mainly based on epidemiological studies showing a statistically significant association between snoring and arterial hypertension; this association remains true even after data correction to take into account the increased frequency of snoring with age and overweight.
  • (17) The effects of prolonged snoring on alveolar ventilation and systemic pressure(s) suggest that this snoring has physiopathological implications on maternal cardio-respiratory reserve and indirectly upon the fetus, especially as there are recordable changes in fetal heart rate and also a change in the acid-base status of the fetus.
  • (18) 4) Pharyngeal size during snoring is probably larger in HS than in OSA patients.
  • (19) My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
  • (20) The third and fourth groups were formed by 100 snoring and 100 non-snoring patients without risk factors.

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