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Review
. 2018 Jun 18;15(3):260-268.
doi: 10.1177/1559827618782657. eCollection 2021 May-Jun.

Nocturia in Women With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Megan Doyle-McClam  1 , Muhammad H Shahid  1 , Jigme M Sethi  1 , Patrick Koo  1
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Nocturia in Women With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Megan Doyle-McClam et al. Am J Lifestyle Med. .

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is underdiagnosed in women compared with men. Women have a tendency to underreport or present with atypical symptoms such as behavior changes, insomnia, fatigue, and depression. Nocturia, waking up from sleep 2 times or more to void, has been shown to be associated with OSA, but it is not an included symptom in commonly used screening questionnaires in primary provider offices. About 50% of patients with OSA have nocturia, and treatment of OSA improves it. Recognition of nocturia as a relevant symptom of OSA is important for primary providers to provide timely referral for the diagnosis of OSA.

Keywords: OSA screening; nocturia; nocturnal enuresis; obstructive sleep apnea; women.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Pathophysiology of nocturia in obstructive sleep apnea.
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