Patel Avani R, Patel Amar R, Singh Shivank, Singh Shantanu, Khawaja Imran
Internal Medicine, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Fremont, USA.
Internal Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, CHN.
Cureus. 2019 Jun 7;11(6):e4858. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4858.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition characterized by recurrent episodes of partial or complete upper airway obstruction during sleep. Hypertension (HTN) is defined by the presence of a chronic elevation of systemic arterial pressure above a certain threshold value (≥140 mm Hg systolic or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic). On the surface, OSA and HTN appear very different from one another. Despite this, they share several common risk factors including obesity, male gender, and advancing age. In 2003, the Seventh Joint National Committee (JNC VII) recognized OSA as a secondary cause of HTN. As physicians, our goal is to understand the OSA-HTN association better through academic study regarding its epidemiology, its pathophysiology, and its treatment.
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）是一种以睡眠期间反复出现部分或完全上气道阻塞为特征的病症。高血压（HTN）定义为全身动脉压持续升高超过一定阈值（收缩压≥140 mmHg或舒张压≥90 mmHg）。从表面上看，OSA和HTN似乎彼此非常不同。尽管如此，它们有几个共同的危险因素，包括肥胖、男性和年龄增长。2003年，第七届美国国家联合委员会（JNC VII）将OSA认定为HTN的次要病因。作为医生，我们的目标是通过关于其流行病学、病理生理学和治疗的学术研究，更好地了解OSA与HTN之间的关联。
