During the past decade there has developed a widespread realization that sleep exerts a
profound impact on individuals with underlying disturbances of respiratory structure or …

Although we all spend up to one third of our lives asleep, it is only relatively recently that the
impact of this unique physiological state on breathing has been systematically explored. The …

William C. Orr, Ph. D. since the late 1960s a voluminous literature has accumulated
testifYing to the ubiquity of sleeprelated breathing disorders. The realization that such …

The extensive investigation into complex interactions of breathing and sleep have produced
answers to numerous important questions, but it is clear that many of the most important …

In the past four decades, respiration during sleep has intrigued clinicians and basic
scientists, probably owing to a better recognition of the clinical significance of sleep apnea …

Respiratory disorders during sleep have become recognized in recent decades as an
important branch of respiratory medicine. These disorders include conditions that are …

Respiratory sleep medicine began in 1965 with the original polysomnographic description of
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by Gastaut and colleagues (1). Since then, we have …

This review addresses some current controversies and issues of interest in sleep-related
disorders of breathing. Abnormalities of respiratory control may influence the degree of …

Sleep disordered breathing is common and may affect up to 24% of men and 9% of
women.'There is a continuum in sleep disordered breathing associated with progressively …

The evaluation of patients with sleep disorders invariably revolves around the decision of
whether to undertake a formal laboratory evaluation of the sleeping patient. Although most of …