Suppose we conducted a prospective cohort study on the association between smoking and stroke in American adults aged 65. Suppose that the 10-year risk of stroke in smokers is 0.08 and that the 10-year risk of stroke in individuals who do not smoke is 0.04. This means that the estimate of the risk ratio is 2.00 (0.08/0.04). What is the interpretation of this estimate? What is the interpretation of this estimate?

The concept with this procedure is that any area of blockage to breathing, from the nose to the voice-box, is bypassed by a hole placed into the windpipe.

Refers to patients with CompSA who do not have Cheyne-Stokes breathing or are not taking narcotics or other medications altering ventilatory drive.

Patients with CompSA can be adequately treated with CPAP or a bilevel device.

Normal Expiratory Time

The recommended maximum CPAP should be __ cm H2O for patients less than 12 years and __ cm H2O for patients greater than or equal to 12 years.

Of the following, what is the best documented risk factor for OSA?

A treatment of patients who breathe too shallowly to maintain adequate oxygen levels and to eliminate carbon dioxide.

Which of the following does NOT predispose a patient to hypocapnic CSA?

_____ frequencies are the fastest of the EEG basic waveforms.