GP6a - OSA and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Variation by Age and Gender

Friday, October 1, 2021

7:45 AM – 8:00 AM CDT

Location: Davidson Ballroom, Music City Center

Speaker(s)

Susan Redline, MD, MPH

Professor
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Disclosure: Apnimed: Consultant/Advisory Board; Avanos, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer and Roche: Consultant/Advisory Board; Eisai Co., Ltd.: Consultant; Eisai Co., Ltd.: Consultant/Advisory Board; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultant/Advisory Board

Handouts

This session will review important variables (weight, gender and skeletal facial patterns) that impact severity of OSA and how OSA can affect cardiovascular changes. The audience also will learn more about DISE in adults and children from a variety of speakers and experts from different fields of sleep medicine and surgery.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

Discuss the influence of obesity on upper airway anatomy in patients with OSA.
Describe the differences in sleep patterns and sleep studies between males and females.
Identify age and racial differences when assessing cardiovascular risks in patients with OSA.