
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) - Sleep Foundation
Jan 17, 2025 · The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a diagnostic tool for determining the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). People with OSA experience a collapse of their …
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI): What It Is & Ranges
Feb 21, 2025 · The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a scale to help providers diagnose and rank the severity of obstructive sleep apnea. It identifies how many times your breathing slows or …
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) - SleepApnea.org
Jan 17, 2025 · The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) describes the number of times a person’s breathing slows or stops during an average hour of sleep. The AHI is one of several measures …
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI): How Sleep Apnea Is Measured
Jan 17, 2025 · Sleep apnea is a medical condition in which a person’s breathing becomes shallow, restricted, or stops while they sleep. Periods of abnormal breathing are typically brief …
Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI): Results, Treatment, and Related Testing - WebMD
Oct 14, 2024 · The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a scale that tells whether you have a sleep disorder called apnea and, if so, how serious it is. Sleep apnea is when you stop breathing for …
How to Understand the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity Scale
The Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI), also known as your AHI score, objectively measures the number of respiratory events you average per hour of sleep during a home-based or lab-based …
Understanding the Results | Sleep Medicine
Apr 16, 2021 · Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) The AHI is the number of apneas or hypopneas recorded during the study per hour of sleep. It is generally expressed as the number of events …
AHI in Sleep Apnea: Understanding Severity, Diagnosis
Aug 26, 2024 · Sleep apnea, a condition characterized by repeated pauses in breathing during sleep, affects millions of people worldwide. At the heart of understanding and diagnosing this …
AHI (Apnea Hypopnea Index): Uses, Meaning, Results
Nov 18, 2022 · The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) measures how many times per hour, on average, a person partially or fully stops breathing during sleep. AHI is measured during a …
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that involves a decrease or complete halt in airflow despite an ongoing effort to breathe. It occurs when the muscles relax …