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OSAS / OHS Flashcards

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what investigations would you carry out to assess if a patient had OSAS?

A

Epworth sleepiness scale
multiple sleep latency test
polysomnography

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what is the management for OSAS?

A

weight loss

mild: mandibular advancement/splint

moderate/severe: C-PAP

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what is the management for obesity hypoventilation syndrome OHS?

A

weight loss
CPAP
+/- oxygen saturations if desaturations in the absence of apnoea and hypo apnoeas

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what is obesity hypoventilation syndrome OHS?

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obesity (BMI > 30), day time hypercapnoea (arterial C02 > 45mmHg) and sleep disordered breathing

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