Background There is a scarcity of published data on the global prevalence of obstructive
sleep apnoea, a disorder associated with major neurocognitive and cardiovascular …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as a combination of obesity (body mass
index≥ 30 kg· m− 2), daytime hypercapnia (arterial carbon dioxide tension≥ 45 mmHg) and …

Aims Apnoea–hypopnoea index (AHI), the universal clinical metric of sleep apnoea severity,
poorly predicts the adverse outcomes of sleep apnoea, potentially because the AHI, a …

Importance Unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea increases cardiovascular risks in the
general population, but whether obstructive sleep apnea poses a similar risk in the …

Short-term administration of Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 improves stress-associated
symptoms and clinical symptoms in healthy young adults and in patients with irritable bowel …

Rationale: There is currently no effective pharmacological treatment for obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA). Recent investigations indicate that drugs with noradrenergic and …

Background While the role of acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to
improve outcome in acute life-threatening hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD, the …

Background Existing normal polysomnography values are not truly normative as they are
based on small sample sizes due to the fact that polysomnography is expensive and …

Background Wearable sensors (wearables) have been commonly integrated into a wide
variety of commercial products and are increasingly being used to collect and process raw …

COPD and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are highly prevalent and different clinical COPD
phenotypes that influence the likelihood of comorbid OSA. The increased lung volumes and …