New treatments for obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common clinical disease, the main show is snoring, repeated apneas in night and fragmented sleep with excessive daytime sleepiness and so on. At present, there are many clinical studies and epidemiological results have showed that OSA is a sleep respiratory disease which damaging to multiple organs and systems, it is an independent risk factor for hypertension, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, stroke[1]. OSA seriously affects the quality of life of patients, the incidence of the disease is becoming more and more high. Therefore, this makes the further research to explore the diagnosis and treatment of OSA methods become necessary. Key words: Sleep apnea; Obstructive sleep apnea; Treatment