{"id":9758,"date":"2026-02-25T13:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-sleep-apnea-facts\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:12","slug":"respiratory-therapy-sleep-apnea-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-sleep-apnea-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Therapy Sleep Apnea Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sleep Apnea Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sleep apnea causes repeated breathing interruptions during sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Airway Collapse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the airway collapses during sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Apnea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central apnea occurs when the brain fails to send breathing signals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CPAP Therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CPAP keeps the airway open using continuous pressure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health Risks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Untreated apnea increases risk of hypertension and heart disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-equipment-basics\">Respiratory Therapy Equipment Basics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-patient-assessment\">Respiratory Therapy Patient Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-critical-thinking\">Respiratory Therapy Critical Thinking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep Apnea Basics Sleep apnea causes repeated breathing interruptions during sleep. Airway Collapse Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the airway collapses during sleep. Central Apnea Central apnea occurs when the brain fails to send breathing signals. CPAP Therapy CPAP keeps the airway open using continuous pressure. Health Risks Untreated apnea increases risk of hypertension and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[37,36,35],"class_list":["post-9758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-respiratory-therapy","tag-respiratory-therapist","tag-respiratory-therapy","tag-rt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9791,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions\/9791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}