{"title":"Sleep and breathing","authors":"C. Robinson","doi":"10.1093/MED/9780198837114.003.0014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Sleep apnoea and related problems are now a common reason for referral to many respiratory units. This is due to much better recognition of the syndromes and the increasing prevalence of obesity. Respiratory units with sleep services are seeing increasing numbers of patients, primarily for possible OSA, and, therefore, most patients tend to be sleepy, and referrals for insomnia are not usually encouraged.","PeriodicalId":447884,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/MED/9780198837114.003.0014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sleep apnoea and related problems are now a common reason for referral to many respiratory units. This is due to much better recognition of the syndromes and the increasing prevalence of obesity. Respiratory units with sleep services are seeing increasing numbers of patients, primarily for possible OSA, and, therefore, most patients tend to be sleepy, and referrals for insomnia are not usually encouraged.