Sleep
Symposium
Obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity, and weight loss
Translational
Aims : To provide an update on the strategies that make it easier for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) to lose weight, the metabolic features of OSA in morbidly obese patients, what to expect in OSA patients after bariatric surgery and the recent experimental studies on the role of hypoxia in obese adipose tissue, with special focus on their clinical implications.
10:45
Hypoxia and metabolism: why is it difficult for OSA patients to lose weight?
A. Borel(Grenoble, France)
COI
1
3465
11:12
OSA in morbidly obese patients: is it different?
N. Salord Oleo(Barcelona, Spain)
COI
2
3466
11:38
Lifestyle interventions in mild and severe OSA patients
N. De Vries(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
3
3467
12:04
Controversies on the role of hypoxia in adipose tissue: insights from recent experimental studies
M. Bonsignore(Palermo, Italy)
COI
4
3468
12:30
Patient's testimonial
5
3469
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