Lower urinary tract symptoms represent a significant public health problem worldwide, impairing patients' quality of life, especially in elderly people. Among LUTS, nocturia is assessed as the most experienced entity related to several disorders such as sleep disorders and/or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).
Among OSAS patients, nocturia stands as a bothersome symptom that increases alongside with the OSAS severity. However, despite the nocturia and OSAS shared a long-acknowledged link, the causes, and the pathophysiology for development of nocturia in OSAS have remained largely unexamined. Generally, the patients with OSAS experienced nocturia due to easy waking or increased bladder filling. However, nor the effect of treatment on management of nocturia in OSAS patients are well-established.
Sleep medicine reviews. 2023 Apr 29 [Epub ahead of print]
Francesco Di Bello, Luigi Napolitano, Marco Abate, Claudia Collà Ruvolo, Simone Morra, Gianluigi Califano, Marco Capece, Massimiliano Creta, Cristiano Scandurra, Benedetta Muzii, Claudio Di Nola, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Riccardo Nocini, Vincenzo Abbate, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Giovanni Dell'Aversana Orabona, Nicola Longo, Elena Cantone
Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy., Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy. Electronic address: ., Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Calabria, Italy., Unit of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Department, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37167825