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[edit] This is a mess

This article entirely fails to differentiate between hypopnea in sleep disorders and and hypopnea due to other causes. Some of the information is also repeated. I think a reorganization, rewrite, and/or possibly a split, with the sleep disorder centric stuff going perhaps to hypopnea syndrome, as the sleep disorder article terms it in relation to sleep specifically.

24.166.2.5 03:08, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Seems to be quite clean and As a whole this article is better than if it were to be separated, as that would take away the focus on the overall issue of sleep hypopnea. Having all the issues of hypopnea in one article, with the different causes in different parts of the page would be the best idea. It needs to be kept on one page. 209.112.144.170 22:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Causes of "hypopnea in sleep disorders" and "hypopnea due..." are almost the same, so there is no need to have them in different parts, to say nothing of different articles. Add some more and mark them if you are smart enough. When I first came here there was nothing but a definition of two lines taken from some medical dictionary. I wrote the article for the sake of general overview of the subject what any encyclopedia is about. Still I give OK to do with the article whatever you like, but mind two things that follow in succession: 1) splitting will definitely require more depth and elaboration; only this is not an easy task; 2) it may make it too scientific and almost incomprehensible for an avarage visitor; still not on option for a popular encyclopedia. So if you have valor to perfect the article in accordance with the-golden-middle criterion you are more than welcome.

[edit] Definition

A patient's breathing has to reduce by 30%, not 50 and the O2 desaturation has to be at least 3% (4% by some standards) before it counts - and it doesn't matter if it's 10 seconds long or not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.59.199.163 (talk) 21:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC).