APNEIA DO SONO E OBESIDADE: REVISÃO DE LITERATURA.

The apnea is complete cessation of airflow in the upper airway, with short awakenings during sleep. This leads to a lack of alveolar ventilation resulting in oxyhemoglobin desaturation and increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2). This article discusses the pathophysiology, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of apnea, especially a major comorbidities: obesity. This article seeks to recognize the importance of knowledge of sleep apnea and the appropriate management of this condition to improve the quality of life of patients. For this non-systematic literature review were used databases Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) , Google Scholar and PubMed NCBI . At the end of the literature review were actually used 30 articles selected according to the quality and relevance to the theme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]