Sleep disorders

MK Pavlova, V Latreille - The American journal of medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Sleep disorders are frequent and can have serious consequences on patients' health and
quality of life. While some sleep disorders are more challenging to treat, most can be easily …

Is C-reactive protein a marker of obstructive sleep apnea?: A meta-analysis

K Li, P Wei, Y Qin, Y Wei - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disease, distinguished by
recurrent episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep, with an inflammatory …

Insights into the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A Kalkanis, D Testelmans, D Papadopoulos… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleeping disorder caused by complete or partial
disturbance of breathing during the night. Existing screening methods include questionnaire …

Gabapentin acutely increases the apnea–hypopnea index in older men: data from a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study

RD Piovezan, C Kase, R Moizinho… - Journal of sleep …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although drugs with sedative properties may increase the risk of airway collapse during
sleep, their acute effects on the apnea–hypopnea index in older adults are under‐reported …

The STOP‐BANG questionnaire shows an insufficient specificity for detecting obstructive sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation

AM Abumuamar, P Dorian, D Newman… - Journal of sleep …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder associated with significant cardiovascular
comorbidities, including cardiac arrhythmia. The STOP‐BANG questionnaire is an eight …

[HTML][HTML] Obese phenotype and natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

A Clerico, M Zaninotto, C Passino… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2018 - degruyter.com
The results of several recent experimental studies using animal models and clinical trials
suggested that obesity is not merely an epiphenomenon or a prominent comorbidity in …

Vitamin D status of male OSAS patients improved after long-term CPAP treatment mainly in obese subjects

C Liguori, F Izzi, NB Mercuri, A Romigi, A Cordella… - Sleep Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of one-year useful continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on serum vitamin D levels in middle-aged men …

Biomarkers of cardiovascular stress in obstructive sleep apnea

MT Maeder, C Mueller, OD Schoch, P Ammann… - Clinica Chimica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder associated
with “cardiovascular stress”, ie cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular diseases, and an …

[HTML][HTML] Craniofacial morphology in obstructive sleep apnea patients

D Ciavarella, M Lorusso, A Campobasso… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Effect of mean apnea-hypopnea duration in patients with obstructive sleep apnea on clinical and polysomnography parameter

S Saraç, GC Afsar - Sleep and Breathing, 2020 - Springer
Objective Apnea-hypopnea index is the number of apnea-hypopnea events observed during
polysomnography within an hour. Mean apnea-hypopnea duration is the mean duration of …