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Diagnostic Sleep Endoscopy (DISE) in a patient with severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) shows significant LINGUAL
Sleep Apnoea (OSA ... OSA is more than ... #glossoptosis #clinical
Basic schema of tonsil grading. Important when evaluating site of airway obstruction, especially in consideration of
consideration of OSA ... #clinical #physicalexam
OSA Questionnaire - STOPBANG
#Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #OSA #ObstructiveSleepApnea #Screening #STOPBANG #Questionnaire
OSA Questionnaire ... #PrimaryCare #OSA
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... carpal tunnel) and OSA
There are several screening questionnaires for OSA, although the accuracy of many of them is limited.4,6,7,24
questionnaires for OSA ... #PrimaryCare #OSA
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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DM, SSc, PM/SSc OS ... -52 (Ro52), SSA- ... - SSc, PBC/SSc OS ... , PBC/SjS OS ... SLE, SjS, RA, OSs
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
ideal if severe OSA ... stimulation → Severe OSA
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ASA class If ... Change in clinical ... • Screen for OSA
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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valves, COPD, ILD, OSA ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical
Approach to Elevated Bicarbonate (HCO3)
Risk Factors for Hypercapnea? (Hx of COPD, OSA, sedative use, CNS/muscular disorders?)
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(Hx of COPD, OSA