Potential mechanisms connecting asthma, esophageal reflux, and obesity/sleep apnea complex—a hypothetical review

A Kasasbeh, E Kasasbeh, G Krishnaswamy - Sleep medicine reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and asthma are potentially linked at several levels. The
pathophysiology of these two conditions seems to overlap significantly, as airway …

Current opinions for the management of asthma associated with ear, nose and throat comorbidities

A Tiotiu, D Plavec, S Novakova… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Ear, nose and throat (ENT) comorbidities are common in patients with asthma and are
frequently associated with poorer asthma outcomes. All these comorbidities are “treatable …

Airway inflammation in patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea

R Sabato, P Guido, FG Salerno… - … Archives for Chest …, 2006 - irinsubria.uninsubria.it
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterised by repetitive episodes of upper airway
occlusion during sleep. OSA has been shown to be associated with a variable degree of …

Nocturnal worsening of asthma and sleep-disordered breathing

AB Bohadana, B Hannhart, DB Teculescu - Journal of Asthma, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Asthma has a tendency to destabilize and get worse at night, probably due to a nocturnal
increase in airway inflammation and bronchial responsiveness. Nocturnal airway narrowing …

Confounders of severe asthma: diagnoses to consider when asthma symptoms persist despite optimal therapy

A Gherasim, A Dao, JA Bernstein - World Allergy Organization Journal, 2018 - Springer
Asthma can often be challenging to diagnose especially when patients present with atypical
symptoms. Therefore, it is important to have a broad differential diagnosis for asthma to …

Findings of a Berlin Questionnaire survey: comparison between patients seen in an asthma clinic versus internal medicine clinic

D Auckley, M Moallem, Z Shaman, M Mustafa - Sleep medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and asthma are common and share similar
nocturnal symptoms. We hypothesized that the prevalence of OSA symptoms would be …

Coexisting chronic conditions associated with mortality and morbidity in adult patients with asthma

K Sumino, K O'Brian, B Bartle, DH Au, M Castro… - Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Many asthma patients suffer from chronic conditions other than asthma. We
investigated the specific contribution of common comorbidities on mortality and morbidity in …

Associations of tonsillar hypertrophy and snoring with history of wheezing in childhood

AG Kaditis, E Kalampouka, S Hatzinikolaou… - Pediatric …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Reports in adults and children have correlated history of wheezing or asthma
with the presence of obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing but the mechanism of this …

Extended NO analysis in health and disease

M Högman - Journal of breath research, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Extended NO analysis is a promising tool in different diseases where NO metabolism is
altered. One single exhalation cannot give insight to the NO production in the respiratory …

Sleep, respiratory physiology, and nocturnal asthma

RD Ballard - Chronobiology international, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The nocturnal worsening of asthma is a common feature of this disease that recently has
received extensive investigation. Most recent efforts have focused on the role of circadian …