Investigation of trends and characteristics in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Chieko Ishikawa,Yuko Shigeta,Takumi Ogawa,Shinya Hirai,Eriko Ando,Tomoko Ikawa,Shintaro Kasama,Keisuke Ihara,Noboru Kawamura,Yukihiro Mizuno,Shunji Fukushima,Toshio Hosoi,Jun Nejima,C. Ohkubo

Investigation of trends and characteristics in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

2010

Chieko Ishikawa
Yuko Shigeta
Takumi Ogawa
Shinya Hirai
Eriko Ando
Tomoko Ikawa
Shintaro Kasama
Keisuke Ihara
Noboru Kawamura
Yukihiro Mizuno
Shunji Fukushima
Toshio Hosoi
Jun Nejima
C. Ohkubo

Background Oral appliance (OA) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has only been part of Japan’s National Health care coverage plan since 2004. Subsequently, not enough time has passed to establish the medical trends and characteristics of OSA patients in Japanese Dental Hospitals.

Keywords:

Oral appliance
Obstructive sleep apnea
Health care
Retrospective cohort study
Physical therapy
Medicine
age distribution
Emergency medicine
Dentistry
Alternative medicine
in patient
national health

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