Sleep and Breathing Conferences 2025 Sleep and Breathing conference

Sleep and Breathing Conference


10-12 April 2025 | Antwerp, Belgium


The eighth conference organised by the ERS and the ESRS


Chair(s): Jean-Louis Pépin, Jenny Theorell-Haglöw

Session type: Meet the Experts

Nicola Andrea Marchi

Session content


The continuum of neurocognitive repercussions of obstructive sleep apnoea: from pathophysiology to treatment

Nicola Andrea Marchi

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Slides




The aims of the session are to give an update on the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the cerebral repercussions of sleep apnoea, present the continuum of the neurocognitive repercussions of obstructive sleep apnoea from dysexecutive syndrome to dementia, present the clinically available tools to evaluate neurocognitive impairment in OSA, give an update on the pathophysiology of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in OSA, its epidemiology and consequences, and present the tools to assess sleepiness in OSA and the impact of OSA treatment on EDS.