024- Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello

This week on Get a Gasp Gina Pepitone-Mattiello continues her series of clinical perils. Gina covers several factors you can look for when seeing your patients to signify potential airway and sleep breathing issues. 

 

Highlights

• What to look for in patients 
• Risk Factors
• Head positions and what it means for the Airway
• Medical History 

 

Quotes

 

“This type of breathing impacts our posture and our diaphragm” 

 

“Once you learn all of these risk factors you start to walk around and notice people” 

 

“Pregnancy also increases your risk for obstructive sleep apnea” 

 

“We know that pulmonary hypertension is a direct result of untreated sleep apnea” 

 

“Untreated sleep apnea can take up to 12 years off your life and increase your death risk by 46%, that makes untreated sleep apnea more dangerous than smoking” 

 

“90% of stoke victims have obstructive sleep apnea” 

 

“Always take a look at the medication they take to help them sleep, or keep them awake” 

 

Links

 

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

Long Island Dental Sleep Medicine homepage:

 http://lidentalsleepmedicine.com/