UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME

Course overview

UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME, COMMONLY KNOWN AS UARS, IS A DISORDER INCLUDED WITH MANY OTHERS THAT ENCOMPASS AN UMBRELLA OF CONDITIONS CHARACTERIZED AS A SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDER. UARS WAS AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS NOT HISTORICALLY COVERED BY OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS). STATED, PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM UARS DO SHOW A DECREASE IN OXYGEN SATURATION WHILE SLEEPING, AS OBSERVED IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM OSAS DURING A CLINICAL SLEEP STUDY. EVEN THOUGH THEIR OXYGEN LEVELS REMAIN IN THE "NORMAL" RANGE, PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM UARS CAN STILL SUFFER FROM METABOLIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR CONSEQUENCES WE SEE PRESENTED IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED WITH OSAS. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLORES THE VITAL ROLE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF BRUXISM.