Dr. Samantha Pettigrew Discusses Gender Differences in Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Sleep-Wake Advisor

Samantha Pettigrew, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Thoracic Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, offered comments to Sleep-Wake Advisor about the growing evidence showing that sleep-related breathing disorders like obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can present and progress differently in women, with unique symptom profiles, triggers and risk factors.