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Descriptor English: Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Descriptor Spanish: Síndromes de la Apnea del Sueño
Descriptor síndromes de apnea del sueño
Entry term(s) alteraciones respiratorias durante el sueño
apnea del sueño
hipersomnia con respiración periódica
Scope note: Trastornos caracterizados por ceses múltiples de la respiración durante el sueño que inducen despertares parciales e interfieren en el mantenimiento del sueño. Los síndromes de apnea del sueño se dividen en los tipos central (véase APENA DEL SUEÑO CENTRAL), obstructivo (véase APNEA DEL SUEÑO OBSTRUCTIVA), y de mixto central-obstructivo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndromes da Apneia do Sono
Descriptor French: Syndromes d'apnées du sommeil
Entry term(s): Apnea Syndrome, Sleep
Apnea Syndromes, Sleep
Apnea, Sleep
Apneas, Sleep
Breathing, Sleep-Disordered
Hypersomnia with Periodic Respiration
Hypopnea, Sleep
Hypopneas, Sleep
Mixed Central and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Mixed Sleep Apnea
Mixed Sleep Apneas
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Sleep Apnea, Mixed
Sleep Apnea, Mixed Central and Obstructive
Sleep Apneas
Sleep Apneas, Mixed
Sleep Disordered Breathing
Sleep Hypopnea
Sleep Hypopneas
Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Tree number(s): C08.618.085.852
C10.886.425.800.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012891
Scope note: Disorders characterized by multiple cessations of respirations during sleep that induce partial arousals and interfere with the maintenance of sleep. Sleep apnea syndromes are divided into central (see SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL), obstructive (see SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE), and mixed central-obstructive types.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Apnea (1966-1979)
Hypoventilation (1966-1979)
Sleep (1966-1979)
Sleep Disorders (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
DeCS ID: 13273
Unique ID: D012891
NLM Classification: WF 143
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/05/25
Revision Date: 2019/07/05
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - Preferred
Concept UI M0019963
Scope note Disorders characterized by multiple cessations of respirations during sleep that induce partial arousals and interfere with the maintenance of sleep. Sleep apnea syndromes are divided into central (see SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL), obstructive (see SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE), and mixed central-obstructive types.
Preferred term Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Entry term(s) Apnea Syndrome, Sleep
Apnea Syndromes, Sleep
Apnea, Sleep
Apneas, Sleep
Hypopnea, Sleep
Hypopneas, Sleep
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Sleep Apneas
Sleep Hypopnea
Sleep Hypopneas
Sleep Apnea, Mixed Central and Obstructive - Narrower
Concept UI M0334906
Preferred term Sleep Apnea, Mixed Central and Obstructive
Entry term(s) Mixed Central and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Mixed Sleep Apnea
Mixed Sleep Apneas
Sleep Apnea, Mixed
Sleep Apneas, Mixed
Hypersomnia with Periodic Respiration - Narrower
Concept UI M0019961
Preferred term Hypersomnia with Periodic Respiration
Sleep-Disordered Breathing - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000648349
Preferred term Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Entry term(s) Breathing, Sleep-Disordered
Sleep Disordered Breathing



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